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British military bridge, Flanders

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British military bridge, Flanders

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Photograph shows British infantry soldiers crossing the bridge over the Yser canal at Boezinge, West Flanders, Belgium, August 5, 1917, during the Battle of Passehendaele during World War I. The bridge was constructed by the Royal Engineers after the British advance had passed the canal. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and similar image on Imperial War Museums website: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205191760)
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photograph taken by Lieutenant Ernest Brooks.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

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01/01/1917
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html

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