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Image Not Available for The village of Ribecourt which was captured by English Rifles
The village of Ribecourt which was captured by English Rifles
Image Not Available for The village of Ribecourt which was captured by English Rifles

The village of Ribecourt which was captured by English Rifles

Creator John Warwick Brooke (British,1886 - 1929)
CreatorPress Agency, Topical Press Agency
DateNovember 20, 1917
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions20 x 15 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2008
Category
    Object number2008/7865
    Place CreatedFrance
    LocationNot currently on display

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    Image Not Available for We attack near Cambrai. Ribecourt, which we captured yesterday. Photo taken almost as soon as captured, machine-gun bullets falling all around. A bullet grazed one of the photographer's cameras, but luckily no damage was done
    We attack near Cambrai. Ribecourt, which we captured yesterday. Photo taken almost as soon as captured, machine-gun bullets falling all around. A bullet grazed one of the photographer's cameras, but luckily no damage was done
    John Warwick Brooke
    November 20, 1917
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for British troops with a donkey and cart which they found in captured Ribecourt, 29 November 1917. The sign says 'Captured by TMB' (possibly Trench Mortar Battery)
    British troops with a donkey and cart which they found in captured Ribecourt, 29 November 1917. The sign says 'Captured by TMB' (possibly Trench Mortar Battery)
    John Warwick Brooke
    29/11/1917
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Offensive on the Cambrai Front. Some of the guns captured by the East County troops waiting to be moved back from Ribecourt
    Offensive on the Cambrai Front. Some of the guns captured by the East County troops waiting to be moved back from Ribecourt
    John Warwick Brooke
    1917
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Some of the guns captured by the East County troops waiting to be moved back from Ribecourt
    Some of the guns captured by the East County troops waiting to be moved back from Ribecourt
    John Warwick Brooke
    1917
    Photograph
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    German prisoners captured by the 51st (Highland) Division. Near Ribecourt, Battle of Cambrai
    John Warwick Brooke
    20/11/1917
    Photograph
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    Troops of the Dorsetshire Regiment resting and cleaning rifles in the ruins of a farm near Langemarcke
    John Warwick Brooke
    17/10/1917
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for A village which we have just captured
    A village which we have just captured
    John Warwick Brooke
    1917
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Clearing a road through a captured village
    Clearing a road through a captured village
    John Warwick Brooke
    1917
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Owing to modern artillery, captured villages have to be marked with a sign board
    Owing to modern artillery, captured villages have to be marked with a sign board
    John Warwick Brooke
    July 1917
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Making a road through a captured village
    Making a road through a captured village
    John Warwick Brooke
    1917
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for A typical scene in a captured village
    A typical scene in a captured village
    John Warwick Brooke
    1917
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for London troops seeking their billets in a newly captured Flanders village
    London troops seeking their billets in a newly captured Flanders village
    John Warwick Brooke
    1917
    Photograph
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