A view taken from the Riqueval entrance to the St Quentin Canal Tunnel, showing the field of fire ...

Accession Number E03456C
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Mont St Quentin
Date made 30 September 1918
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 view taken from the Riqueval entrance to the St Quentin Canal Tunnel, showing the field of fire from the German machine gun positions on the canal. This position was captured the previous day by Australian and American troops in the battle for the Hindenburg Main Line. Note the building in the background (far right). This is the right hand image in a three part panorama. See E03456P for the combined image.