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Description: | image: Belgian infantry escort a column of captured German soldiers across a wooden pontoon bridge over the Yser Canal in
Flanders. Amongst the leading Belgians is a machine gun transported on a wheeled cart pulled by two dogs. The landscape is flat, with a
windmill in the distance.
During the Battle of the Yser (16 - 31 October 1914), Allied forces flooded a large area of Flanders by opening
Nieuwpoort drainage channels to sea water. This helped to stem the German advance, stabilized the Allied line and thwarted Germany's chance
of outflanking the Allies in a 'race to the sea'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Belgian Army Bomb Damage Battle of the Yser 1914 Weapons POW Military Personnel Landscape Uniforms Western Front First World War Imperial German Army | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Librairie Armand Colin, 103, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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