View of Rue de Bourg, the main street in Doullens, a town in the Somme area and well known to ...

Accession Number A02455
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Doullens
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

View of Rue de Bourg, the main street in Doullens, a town in the Somme area and well known to Australian troops, being in close proximity to their rest areas. It was in a house near the clock tower, in March 1918, that Marshal Foch was given control of the Allied forces.

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