Inf. advancing on path through barbed wire entanglements, which tank has just made. One man has fallen over the barbed wire. 107th Inf., 27th Div., near Beauquesnes, Somme, France – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Inf. advancing on path through barbed wire entanglements, which tank has just made. One man has fallen over the barbed wire. 107th Inf., 27th Div., near Beauquesnes, Somme, France, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Inf. advancing on path through barbed wire entanglements, which tank has just made. One man has fallen over the barbed wire. 107th Inf., 27th Div., near Beauquesnes, Somme, France
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Infantrymen of the 107th Infantry, 27th Division, push along a path through barbed wire just behind a tank that has crushed a way through, and one man has already fallen across the wire near Beauquesnes in the Somme. The photograph dates to September 13, 1918, when the 27th, a New York National Guard division, was serving with British forces during the Allied offensives of late summer. Tanks were meant to flatten wire and open gaps for foot soldiers, but entanglements still slowed and exposed men who followed them. The caption data for this print is unverified, so the exact circumstances of the moment are uncertain. The collection is associated with John Joseph Pershing.
| Created / published | 1918 Sept. 13. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | No. 464-T8. John Joseph Pershing Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,134 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159362 |
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