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Campaigns and Battles: WWI

Hindenburg

Canadians moving forward into attack on Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522280

"Knights of the Air", Look Hindenburg! My German Heroes! Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1983-28-35

Corps Headquarters Hindenburg Line. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3395656

Canadians moving up into the fight for Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522283

Canadians moving up into the fight for Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522325

Scent on a Canadian front during their attack on Cambrai, Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522321

Early morning advance of Canadians on Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522394

A Canadian soldier hidden behind a tree to avoid the sniper's bullets. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522298

Two men of 75th Infantry Battalion with their prisoner near the last mile stone to Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522299

Canadian Soldiers trying to read German signposts. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522296

Canadian soldier trying to read German signposts just outside Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522297

A Canadian Scot observing the movement of the Germans. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522294

Canadians moving over the battlefield towards Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522295

A Canadian Officer watching the movements of the Germans in Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522324

Canadians observing movements of Germans near Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522290

Canadian troops advancing towards Cambrai. Sept. 1918. William Rider-Rider / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-003247

Scene on Canadian Light railway during their attack on Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. September, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522291

Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade waiting alongside Arras-Cambrai Road. Advance East of Arras. September, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522326

Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade waiting alongside Arras-Cambrai Road. Advance East of Arras. September, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522327

A blazing street in Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522329

Brig.-General Draper, 8th Brigade., with his staff in Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522330

Canadians entering Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October 9, 1918. William Rider-Rider/Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-003270

Brig.-Gen. Draper, 8th Brigade with his staff watching a blazing building in Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522300

(Battles of Hindenburg Line) Cambrai on fire. Advance East of Arras. October 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522343

Cambrai on fire. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522303

Detachment of Canadians advancing through Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522332

Detachment of Canadians advancing through Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522333

A blazing street in Cambrai [France], October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-040233

A portion of the Hindenburg Line, a huge mass of barbed wire. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522302

Canadians entering the Square in Cambrai, [France], three sides of it on fire. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. William Rider-Rider/Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-040229

Canadians entering the Square in Cambrai [France], three sides of it on fire. Advance East of Arras. Oct. 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-040230

Canadians entering the Square in Cambrai. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-040231

A blazing street in Cambrai, [France]. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-040232

A blazing street in Cambrai [France], October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-040233

A blazing street in Cambrai, [France], October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-040234

An explosion taking place in a house in Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522331

M. Clemenceau and Sir Douglas Haig passing civilians who remained in the cellars of the town. [Cambrai]. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522304

Fighting the fires started by the Germans, Cambrai. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3522305

Canadians with their chickens in Hindenburg Line. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3396825

Canadians building an advanced Dressing Station with captured German ammunition boxes just outside Cambrai. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-003688

Cdn. Corps H.Q. and viewDofIew of Hindenburg Line, Queant, showing fields of barbed wire covering this defence system. Apr. & May 1919. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3329363

Canal du Nord

Trench mortar referred to as "minenwerfers" used by the German armies in the Canal du Nord during the Canadian advance east of Arras. October 1918. William Rider-Rider / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-003200

Fate of German Machine Gunnder in Canal du Nord. Advance East of Arras. October 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3397071

Fate of German Machine Gunners in Canal du Nord. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3397075

Canadians constructing a bridge across Canal du Nord. Advance East of Arras. September, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3194494

The famous Canul du Nord showing construction and cutting across which Canadians crossed with their supports and supplies. Advance East of Aras. September 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-003287

The famous Canul du Nord showing construction and cutting across with Canadians crossed with their supports and supplies. Advance East of Arras. September 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3329286

Canadians building an extra bridge across the Canal du Nord, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3405466

Canadians building an extra bridge across the Canal du Nord. November, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3405467

Canadians building an extra bridge across the Canal du Nord. November, 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3405468

An unfinished lock on the Nord Canal. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3329288

A Canadian Traffic Control Officer erected his hut in the brickwork of the Nord Canal. November 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3395657

Canadian Engineers building an extra bridge across the Canal du Nord. November 1918. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3405436

Sains [near] lez Marquion showing Cavalry Crossroads near Canal du Nord. Apr. & May 1919. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3329382

Inchy-en-Artois near Canal du Nord. April & May 1919.Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3404071

Reinforced concrete road defences, Buissy, near Canal du Nord. Apr. & May 1919. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3329266

Canal du Nord looking towards Sauchy-Cauchy. Apr. & May 1919. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3329289

Marquion from bank of Canal du Nord. April & May 1919. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ MIKAN 3329347