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Horse-drawn artillery wagon passing through the Canal du Nord, France, during World War I. This image shows a gun carriage pulled by a team of horses moving through the Canal du Nord, with a destroyed bridge in the background. It must have taken a great deal of effort to get this wagon across the 'canal', since the hollow is littered with debris from the ruined bridge. The soldiers holding spades on the left of the photograph were probably members of a working party, brought together to help people and equipment cross the 'canal'. There was no water in the Canal du Nord at this time, since the canal was being built when war broke out in August 1914.

The attack on the Canal du Nord formed part of the successful Cambrai offensive, which was a plan to trap the German Second Army. This was a very difficult position to attack, which the Germans incorporated into their famous Hindenburg Line. Two Canadian divisions did, however, succeed in breaking through the 'canal' defences at this strong point in the Hindenburg Line.

[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Artillery passing through the Canal du Nord by a destroyed bridge.']
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This image is available from the National Library of Scotland under the sequence number or Shelfmark ID L.1180. You can see this image in its original context, along with the rest of the Library's digital collections, in the NLS Digital Gallery
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David McLellan    wikidata:Q38200369
 
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