The wreckage of a tank blown up by an internal explosion after having first been disabled by a ...

Accession Number E04927
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Peronne, Ronssoy
Date made 29 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

The wreckage of a tank blown up by an internal explosion after having first been disabled by a land mine near Duncan Post. The previous day the 27th American Division had launched their attack on Hindenburg Main Line from Duncan Post and at the outset a number of tanks supporting the operations were disabled by land mines and gunfire.

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