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Canadians of the first platoon to enter Valenciennes from the west
Canadians of the first platoon to enter Valenciennes from the west
Canadian troops storming fortifications at Valenciennes, France, during World War I. Canadian soldiers running through a debris-strewn wasteland towards the walls of Valenciennes. In the foreground, the leading soldier scrambles over barbed wire barricades. Even from the photograph the manoeuvre looks perilous, and it is difficult to imagine how nerve-racking it must have been attempting it while …
Subject
- Canada. Canadian Army
- French
- Towns
- War damage
- Frenchcore
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Subject
- Canada. Canadian Army
- French
- Towns
- War damage
- Frenchcore
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1918
- 1918
- 2005
Places
- Europe, France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord, Valenciennes (inhabited place)
Identifier
- 74549232
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
- 1918
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:54.927Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:16.131Z