An Australian soldier bringing prisoners captured in the assault on the Hindenburg Line, past the ...

Accession Number E03408
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original negative other
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Hindenburg Outpost Line Area, Hargicourt
Date made 1 October 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

An Australian soldier bringing prisoners captured in the assault on the Hindenburg Line, past the village of Hargicourt. Heavy rain and the constant traffic of the troops had created the muddy conditions noted in the picture. Note the two dead Germans in the mud on the left.

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