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Aerial Photographs: Valenciennes area, 30th October 1918.
A good series of eleven oblique aerial photos. taken from a kite balloon, showing Valenciennes, Canal de l'Escaut, Maing &c.
#67013
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Valenciennes, a town on the French-Belgian border, was occupied by the Germans in 1914 & remained in their hands until recaptured by British & Canadian troops in 1918. These photographs, showing largely unspoilt landscape, but with a little evidence of bombing or shelling, were presumably taken in preparation for the recapture. See illustration on our website.
£75
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