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Defying the enemy poison-gas
Unknown, 1915, Press cutting
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Defying the enemy poison-gas
Defying the enemy poison-gas
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32605
Title
Goggles: masks and bayonets: defying the enemy poison-gas
Description
From the Illustrated London News July 24th 1915.
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Unknown
Date
1915
Size
39.6 x 26.7 cm
Type
Press cutting
Location
Reference Library
Text from page 114 reads - These photographs are life-studies made on the spot at a moment of tense and dramatic suspense during battle. The were taken in the French trenches a few moments before one of the German attacks in force was made .
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