A light railway junction in the forward area near Ypres shows the effects of an enemy artillery ...

Accession Number C01353
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres, Menin Road, Zillebeke, Birr Cross Roads
Date made October 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A light railway junction in the forward area near Ypres shows the effects of an enemy artillery attack. On the left a gun is loaded onto a light rail flat car; beside it is a group of damaged rail wagons. Note the broken rail tracks in the centre.

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