File:NIEPPE (France) —Members of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company in action at the Pont de Nieppe.jpg
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English: "Members of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company preparing a machine gun emplacement at the Nieppe Bridge* in a district of the City of Nieppe called "Pont de Nieppe", near Armentieres. The bridge was also mined for blowing up in case of necessity. This work was a portion of the defensive preparations of the winter months, which proved of such value in retarding the German advance in Flanders in April**. Identified, left to right: Sapper (Spr) W. Williams ; Lieutenant Neil Campbell (later killed near this bridge on 10 April 1918 ; Spr R. E. Willoughby. "
The resumption of this photo from the site on Commons Wikimedia*** will allow a different approach of the event evoked by this photo by specifying the place of the action. *The bridge goes over la Lys (the Lily). **1918 logically ? *** https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E04597Français : Des membres de la 3e compagnie australienne de tunneliers préparent un emplacement pour la pose de mitrailleuses sur la culée, côté aval du pont sur la Lys -rive gauche-.
Le pont, limitrophe entre les Villes d'Armentières et de Nieppe est également miné pour exploser en cas de nécessité. Ce travail faisait partie des préparatifs défensifs des mois d'hiver et s'est révélé efficace par la suite en retardant l'avance allemande en Flandre. Personnes identifiées, -de gauche à droite- : Sapper (Spr) W. Williams ; lieutenant Neil Campbell (tué plus tard près de ce pont le 10 avril 1918) ; Spr R. E. Willoughby. Par la suite, le pont de Nieppe, (surélevé durant la seconde partie du XVIIIe siècle par l'architecte François-Joseph Gombert, pour limiter les crues de la Lys,) fut détruit par les anglais. Voir : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_battle_of_Armentieres._Reconstruction_of_a_bridge_demolished_by_the_English._May_1918_-_NARA_-_17391808.jpg,
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| Source | Internet site " Australian WorldMémorial" https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E04597 |
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