Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

10 Striking British Official First World War Photographs

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Captured in the Last Push, 1917



"Strafing the Hun," 1917



Smoldering Ruins in Bapaume



The Former Thriving Village of Guillemont, Somme Battlefield



Howitzers Firing at the Somme, 1916



Interior, Arras Cathedral, 1917



Column of German Prisoners at the Somme, 1916



Two Wounded German Prisoners




Handling a Large Howitzer, 1917



Cover, First Issue of Illustrated War News, Wounded German Cavalrymen


Source:  British Official First  World War Photographs from the Collection of Prints at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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