Title

'Glorious Charge of the Fusiliers at St. Eloi', 1916. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Glorious Charge of the Fusiliers at St. Eloi', 1916. The Battle of St. Eloi was fought from 27 March to 16 April 1916 in a landscape pitted by mine explosions, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers advanced and lost only one man before reaching the German wire, finding German survivors ready to surrender. From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VI. The Spring and Summer Campaign of 1916", edited by J. A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1916]

Date

1916

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F29_184

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,9Mb (2,9Mb) / 19,2in x 12,7in / 5752 x 3822 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany people male man men German country fence wire guy smoke British weapon weapons Flanders Belgium fighting Belgian military war front location century Britain soldier ypres first world war wartime concept bayonet battle B&W fusilier warfare trench trenches surrender album Regiment World War I WWI no man's land surrendering battlefield black & white black and white weaponry World War One frontline 1910s 20th century The Print Collector 1st World War TGN Western Front WW1 portrait front line Fusilier Guards Unknown JA Hammerton J A Hammerton Hammerton Ja Sir John Alexander Hammerton Sir John Hammerton John Hammerton Royal Northumberland fusiliers minefield Sir John Alexander J A Amalgamated Press Ltd Amalgamated Press Limited Amalgamated Press The Amalgamated Press Battle of St Eloi Battle of St. Eloi Sint-Elooi St Eloi St. Eloi The War Illustrated Spring and Summer Campaign of 1916 portrait