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The St Quentin Canal from the Riqueval Bridge

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AuthorLindsay, Kate
TitleThe St Quentin Canal from the Riqueval Bridge
NotesOn 29 September - 2 October 1918, the Battle of the St. Quentin Canal was fought. Wilfred Owen and the 2nd Manchesters crossed the canal a little way south of the Riqueval Bridge on the 29th and by the late evening were in position at Magny la Fosse ready for the forthcoming attack on the Beaurevoir-Fonsomme, Joncourt.
Item Date8th July 2008
Creation placeSt Quentin Canal, Nr. Bellinglise, France (Google Maps)
File typeImage
Item sourcePhotograph
Item mediumDigital image
ContentPhotograph
KeywordsWestern Front, Landscape
Repository nameThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Repository address
13 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 6NN
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit
CataloguerKate Lindsay
FilenameCXTPROPHOTOS - 08.jpg
CopyrightThe First World War poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5359