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5th Canadian Divisional Artillery

 

14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery

 

61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery

 

Lieutenant Abner Gladstone Virtue - 61st Fld Bty

 

55th Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery

 

© IWM (E(AUS) 3323)
"Rations for the Guns". Troops of the 6th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery unloading 18-pounder shells behind the lines near
Azincourt (Jincourt?), France.

 

© IWM (Q 11313)
British Cavalry passing through the ruins of Albert, 8th September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 11314)
British Cavalry passing the ruined basilica of Notre Dame de Brebieres, Albert, 8th September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 11315)
British Cavalry passing the ruined basilica of Notre Dame de Brebieres, Albert, 8th September 1918. A sign reads 'Albert Bridge No.3
for Tanks'.

 

© IWM (Q 11316)
British Cavalry and lorries of the 16th (Irish) Division passing the ruined basilica, of Notre Dame de Brebieres, Albert, 8th
September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 11317)
British Cavalry passing the ruined basilica of Notre Dame de Brebieres, Albert, 8th September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 11318)
British Cavalry passing the ruined basilica of Notre Dame de Brebieres, Albert, 8th September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 48223)
The German battlecruiser SMS Goeben (Yavuz Sultan Selim) at Ishmid, Turkey, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 58150)
The slag heap at Loos, near Lens, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 58330)
A German dead near Mont Saint-Quentin hill, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 60964)
French children with various gas masks at Marbache, 8 September 1918.
(Comment:  Many incredibly heroic and brave civilains refused to leave their homes.  Bodies of many of these same civilians were never
recovered.)

 

© IWM (Q61476)
A Bolshevik flying boat, Curtiss type, which surrendered to the White Army at Bakharitza, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 70601)
View of a British cruiser guarding the Vollya (?) at Ishmid, Turkey, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 78714)
Ruined Church of St. Jean in Peronne, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 78715)
Allied officers examining a German signpost in the midst of the ruins of Peronne, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 78716)
Ruins in the Grand Rue in Peronne, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 78717)
Ruined chateau at Mont-Saint-Quentin, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 78718)
Ruined chateau at Mont-Saint-Quentin, 8 September 1918.

 
© IWM (Q 78719)
Ruined chateau and its park at Mont-Saint-Quentin, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 78720)
Australian troops in a captured German observation post and a machine gun concrete shelter at Mont-Saint-Quentin, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 78721)
View taken from a British advanced post in the centre of ruined Lens, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 78722)
View taken from a British advanced post in the centre of ruined Lens, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 78725)
Group of British troops in an old mine crater near Lens, 8 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 97431)
Tractor drawing a 6 inch Mark VIII heavy gun of the Royal Garrison Artillery forward to follow the advance of the troops. Peronne, 8
September 1918.

 

H1011
New Zealand soldiers with a light trench mortar gun on a mule-drawn cart at the time when trench mortars became a mobile arm of the
Division's forces in France. Photograph taken 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

H1013
New Zealand soldiers with a light trench mortar gun transported by a mule-drawn cart in order to provide greater mobility for the
Division's forces in France. Photograph taken 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
Other - An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-094
Caption - "Necessity is the mother of invention. To enable us to keep contact with the enemy the trench mortars have been made a
mobile arm." (Album)

 

H1014
Shows horses pulling a sixty pounder gun through the captured French village of Bertincourt during World War I. A damaged building on
the roadside has the name 'Bertincourt' painted on it. Photograph taken 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

H1022
New Zealand troops during World War I, marching though a residential area in France between Gommecourt and Sailly au Bois. Photograph
taken circa 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

H1024
Officers gather to talk with the chaplain at a New Zealand Brigade church service during the open warfare phase of World War I.
Photograph taken Sapignies, France, 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

H1025
The Corps Commander taking the salute after a New Zealand Brigade church service in France during World War I. The Divisional
Commander, Major General Russell stands in the right foreground. The troops file past down a slight slope. Photograph taken Sapignies
8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

H1026
A distant view of a New Zealand Brigade church service at which the Corps Commander and Divisional General are present. View looking
past the priests towards the officers and men. Photograph taken Sapignies, France, 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

H1027
A distant view of a church service being conducted for a New Zealand Brigade and attended by the Corps Commander and Divisional
General. Photograph taken Sapignies, France, 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

H1028
A priest speaking to soldiers, who are sitting on the ground, at a New Zealand Brigade church service in Sapignies, France, during
World War I. Photograph taken 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

H1029
A distant view of officers and men at a New Zealand Brigade church service also attended by the Corps Commander and Divisional
General(front right) Photograph taken Sapignies, France, 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

H1030
A priest speaking to soldiers sitting on the ground at a New Zealand Brigade church service attended by the Corps Commander and
Divisional General (in the middle ground). A small dog (mascot?) is also visible on the grass. Photograph taken Sapignies, France, 8
September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

H1031
The Corps Commander taking the salute after a New Zealand Brigade church service. The Divisional Commander, Major General Russell,
stands on his left. Soldiers file past down a slight slope. Photograph taken at Sapignies, France, 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage
Sanders.

 

H1032
A general view of the Corps Commander taking the salute after a New Zealand Brigade church service at Sapignies, France, during World
War I. The Divisional Commanderl, General Russell, and the chaplain stand on his left. Other officers are behind them. Soldiers file
past down a slight slope towards camp. Photograph taken 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

H1033
The Corps Commander taking the salute after a New Zealand Brigade church service in Sapignies, France, during World War I. The
Divisional Commander, General Russell, stands on his left. Soldiers file past down a slight slope. Photograph taken 8 September 1918
by Henry Armytage Sanders.

 

PA1-f-092-1035
New Zealand soldiers examining a German tank captured by New Zealand forces on the Western Front, and nicknamed "Schnuck". Photograph
taken 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
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German tank captured by New Zealanders, and named "Schnuck". Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand
official negatives, World War 1914-1918. Ref: PA1-f-092-1035. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23150191

 

PA1-f-092-1034
New Zealand soldiers examining a German tank captured by New Zealand forces on the Western Front, and nicknamed "Schnuck". Photograph
taken 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.
You can copy this item for personal use, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It cannot be used commercially without
permission, please ask us for advice. If reproducing this item, please maintain the integrity of the image (i.e. don't crop, recolour
or overprint it), and ensure the following credit accompanies it:
German tank captured by New Zealanders, and named "Schnuck". Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand
official negatives, World War 1914-1918. Ref: PA1-f-092-1034. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22516291

 

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Feldpostkarte von Arthur Wunderlich an Ida Wunderlich, 8. September 1918 (Museum Wolmirstedt RR)