Wednesday, 21 August 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 14
Library and Archives Canada
5th Canadian Divisional Artillery
14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery
61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery
Lt Virtue
Alexander Turnbull Library
H910
Two New Zealand soldiers lead horses past the destroyed tracks of a light German railway near Serre, France, in World War I. Photograph taken 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage
Sanders.
H924
Two columns of German prisoners, captured at the front, walking down a road during World War I. Photograph taken Hebuterne 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
H927
Shows a view down a road on which a German shell is bursting just ahead of where the New Zealand Pioneers are repairing.
A large cloud of smoke can been seen in the distance just in front of the Pioneers.
Trees either side of the road have been blasted. Photograph taken Puisieux 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
H928
A line of German prisoners of war inside a post and wire enclosure, Puisieux, France.
Photograph taken 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
H929
A New Zealand soldier, or 'Digger', sitting in a funk hole of a trench recently captured from the Germans.
The soldier is reading a New Zealand newspaper.
A rifle lies on the grass above.
Photograph taken Puisieux 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
H930
Columns of World War I German prisoners, captured at the front, walking down a road.
New Zealand soldiers watch them pass.
Photograph taken Hebuterne 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
H937
World War 1 New Zealand machine gunners using a captured German position at at Puisieux, France, 21 August, 1918.
Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sanders.
Puisieux is not listed in the Times Atlas.
There are a number of locations with the name Puisieux listed in the "Michelin road atlas of France".
H938
New Zealand transport, on the move near the front line, passing a huge shell hole.
Shows a number of horse drawn wagons moving towards the camera. Photograph taken Hebuterne 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
H961
New Zealand soldiers enjoying mugs of tea at a roadside YMCA canteen near the front line at Gommecourt in France during World War I. The makeshift canteen is below ground level
in a support line.
On the front of the canteen there is a notice with a YMCA logo and the words: 'Provided by the Lady Liverpool Committee - Masterton.
Big thanks Ladies.' Photograph taken 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
H962
New Zealand Engineers installing a water tank near a well in the French village of Puisieux during World War I.
Note the railway track wreckage and the rifles in the foreground. Photograph taken 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
H963
A small group of German prisoners of war inside a temporary enclosure, termed the 'Cage', being medically examined in World War I.
The men are shirtless.
Photograph taken at Puisieux, France, 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
H965
Part of the French village of Puisieux a few hours after its capture by New Zealand troops in World War I.
Shows a soldier walking past the ruins of buildings.
Wood and bricks are strewn on the ground.
Nearby trees have been stripped of their leaves.
Photograph taken 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
H1213
Two New Zealand soldiers cover a machine gun? with long grass to camouflage it during the World War I campaign near Puisieux in France.
There is a dugout behind them.
Photograph taken 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
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