57464: The Sambre Canal Lock, Ors, France

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posted on 2024-05-12, 21:25 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

<p dir="ltr">The forcing of the Sambre-Oise Canal took place on November 4, 1918. Participating in the operation were the 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex, as well as the 2nd Manchesters, to which the poet Wilfred Owen belonged.</p>

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5641.jpg | CXTPROPHOTOS - 22.jpg

Subject

Landscape | Western Front

Creator

Lindsay, Kate

Date

8th July 2008

Date Created

08/07/2008

Spatial

Sambre Canal, Ors, France

Source

Photograph

Medium

Digital image

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Kate Lindsay

Rights

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford

Repository Name

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Repository Address

13 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN, UK

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