Title

In Flanders; The Yser Offensive (1917); Cossing of the Yser canal by infantry...1917 Creator: Francois Flameng.

Caption

In Flanders; The Yser Offensive (1917); Cossing of the Yser canal by infantry of the 1st Corps on July 31, 1917, at 4 a.m. 45 in the morning, near the lock at Het-Sas', 1917.From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].

Date

1917

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A80_132

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47,5Mb (5,8Mb) / 17,4in x 10,6in / 5230 x 3174 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation Europe river water people male group man men historical arts country crossing French France dark art book guy smoke bridge bridges running geography Flanders Belgium color morning structure explosion canal military war footbridge darkness front location Armed Forces century drawing soldier literature first world war concept battle troops offensive time of day Army metaphor advancing warfare month foot bridge publication July Colour Regiment campaign World War I WWI water transport infantry armed services World War One 1910s 20th century history historic The Print Collector 1st World War Battle of Passchendaele geographical feature TGN Third Battle of Ypres under fire Western Front WW1 Yser canal illustration photograph landscape black smoke Francois Flameng Le Matin L'Illustration Flameng Francois infantrymen IJzer River Yser Yser Fran?ois Flameng Flameng Fran?ois Flanders campaign L'Album de la Guerre Het Sas