The Belgian coastal dunes at Nieuport (now Nieuwpoort). On the horizon are the churches at ...

Accession Number EZ0174A
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Belgium
Date made c 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

The Belgian coastal dunes at Nieuport (now Nieuwpoort). On the horizon are the churches at Jabbeke and Ghistelles (Gistel). A planned advance in the coastal sector during the British offensive in Flanders was foiled when the Germans attacked on 10 July 1917. Some members of the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, who had been successfully tunnelling through the sand dunes towards the German trenches, were captured in the tunnels; a few escaped across the Yser River to Nieuport. This is the fifth image in a five part panorama. See EZ0174P for the combined image.