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World War I Photos: Vimy Ridge (2)

=== by Bob Sutherland ===

Canadian military photographs taken during the Battle of Vimy Ridge in France, April 1917, page 2.

war19.jpg
Photo: war19.jpg (1024 x 733 pixels), (1993 x 1426 pixels)
Photographer: Captain Henry Edward Knobel.
Canada Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada. PA-001020
29th Infantry Battalion advancing over "No Man's Land" through German barbed wire and heavy fire during the Battle of Vimy Ridge. France, April 1917.
war20.jpg
Photo: war20.jpg (1024 x 768 pixels), (1874 x 1406 pixels)
Canada Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada. PA-001025
German prisoners bringing in the wounded during Battle of Vimy Ridge. Vimy Ridge, France, April 1917.
war21.jpg
Photo: war21.jpg (1024 x 789 pixels), (1859 x 1432 pixels)
Canada Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada. PA-001031
Captured German soldiers carry their wounded comrade during the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Vimy Ridge, France, April 1917.
war22.jpg
Photo: war22.jpg (1024 x 776 pixels), (1897 x 1437 pixels)
Canada Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada. PA-001032
German officers captured as prisoners of war during Battle of Vimy Ridge. Vimy Ridge, France, April 1917.
war23.jpg
Photo: war23.jpg (1024 x 793 pixels), (1778 x 1377 pixels)
Canada Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada. PA-001034
Wounded soldiers on stretchers waiting to be loaded on a light railway during the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Vimy Ridge, France, between April 9-14 1917.
war24.jpg
Photo: war24.jpg (1024 x 764 pixels), (1920 x 1432 pixels)
Photographer: William Ivor Castle.
Canada Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada. PA-001182
Firing two naval guns at the Germans from behind Canadian lines. Vimy Ridge, France, April 1917.
war25.jpg
Photo: war25.jpg (1024 x 791 pixels), (1686 x 1302 pixels)
Canada Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada. PA-001187
A large naval gun being used during the Battle of Vimy Ridge. April 1917.