Science Source ftp Apr 2015
EN_01170126_1209
Horse-drawn field artillery passing through the Canal du Nord by a destroyed bridge. The Battle of Canal du Nord was part of a general Allied offensive against German positions on the Western Front during the Hundred Days Offensive of WWI. The battle took place in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, along an incomplete portion of the Canal du Nord and on the outskirts of Cambrai between September 27 and October 1, 1918. To avoid the risk of having extensive German reserves massed against a single Allied attack, the assault along the Canal du Nord was undertaken as part of a number of closely sequenced Allied attacks at separate points along the Western Front. The battle penetrated a majority of the defenses of the Hindenburg Line, and allowed the next attack (the Battle of Cambrai) to fully penetrate and start the advance beyond the Hindenburg Line. Twelve Victoria Crosses, the highest military decoration for valour awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, were awarded for actions during the battle.
2015-04-07
East News
Science Source
Photo Researchers
BZ7834
1,99MB
41cm x 30cm by 300dpi
1, 100, 1918, 20TH, 27, A, ACTIONS, ADVANCE, AGAINST, ALLIED, ALLOWED, ALONG, AN, AND, ARMED, ARMY, ARTILLERY, ARTILLERYMEN, AS, ASSAULT, AT, ATTACK, ATTACKS, AVOID, AWARDED, BATTLE, BATTLEFIELD, BEF, BETWEEN, BEYOND, BRIDGE, BRITISH, BW, BY, CAMBRAI, CANAL, CENTURY, CLOSELY, COMBAT, COMMONWEALTH, CREW, CROSSES, DAYS, DECORATION, DEFENSES, DESTROYED, DU, DURING, ENGLISH, EVENT, EXPEDITIONARY, EXTENSIVE, FAMOUS, FIELD, FIRST, FOOT, FOR, FORCE, FORCES, FRANCE, FRONT, FULLY, GENERAL, GERMAN, GLOBAL, GREAT, GUNNERY, HAVING, HIGHEST, HINDENBURG, HISTORIC, HISTORICAL, HISTORY, HORSE, HORSE-DRAWN, HUNDRED, I, IMPORTANT, IN, INCOMPLETE, INFANTRY, INFANTRYMAN, INFANTRYMEN, LINE, MAJORITY, MALE, MAN, MASSED, MEN, MILITARY, MUNITIONS, NEXT, NORD, NOTABLE, NUMBER, OCTOBER, OF, OFFENSIVE, ON, ONE, OUTSKIRTS, PART, PASSING, PENETRATE, PENETRATED, PHOTOGRAPH, PLACE, POINTS, PORTION, POSITIONS, REGION, RESEARCHERS, RESERVES, RISK, SEPARATE, SEPTEMBER, SEQUENCED, SINGLE, SOLDIER, START, THE, THROUGH, TO, TOOK, TROOPS, TWELVE, UNDERTAKEN, VALOUR, VICTORIA, WAR, WARFARE, WAS, WEAPON, WEAPONRY, WELL-KNOWN, WERE, WESTERN, WORLD, WW1, WWI,