Title

''L'entrée Solennelle de Britanniques a Lille; Le maire, M. Delesalle, remet au..., 1918. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

''L'entrée Solennelle de Britanniques a Lille; Le maire, M. Delesalle, remet au generalBirdwood, commandant la 5th armee, unfanion par les Lillois; au premier rang des autorites groupees derriere le maire, on reconnait l'eveque, Mgr Charost, a la gauche du prefet', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].

Date

1918

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A76_068

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,5Mb (2,2Mb) / 16,5in x 11,2in / 4945 x 3358 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe group crowd crowds town country French France British celebrations color conflict celebration military war front location century liberation victory lille Britain photograph soldiers soldier first world war wartime concept photo offensive victorious liberated B&W aftermath publication Colour World War I WWI black & white black and white B W white and black World War One 20th century Nord-Pas-de-Calais The Print Collector 1st World War TGN Western Front WW1 General William Riddell Birdwood photograph Unknown Birdwood General William Riddell L'Illustration William Riddell Birdwood Hundred Days Offensive