File:Battle of the Canal du Nord - Horse drawn artillery wagon 2.jpg

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Some horse-drawn artillery wagons entering a cutting in the Canal du Nord, which was being built when war broke out in August 1914.

The excavations for the Canal du Nord made a perfect defensive system, and the Germans incorporated the 'canal' into their famous Hindenburg Line. Still further, the marshy terrain on both sides of the Arras to Cambrai road combined with the elevated German defences, made it a very difficult position to attack. Two Canadian divisions succeeded in breaking through the 'canal' defences at this point in the Hindenburg Line. When the attack was called off in early October 1918, the Allies had gained just over 6 miles (10 kms).

[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. THE CAMBRAI ADVANCE. Artillery going through a cutting in the Canal du Nord.']
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This image is available from the National Library of Scotland under the sequence number or Shelfmark ID L.1168. You can see this image in its original context, along with the rest of the Library's digital collections, in the NLS Digital Gallery
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