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Attractive photo of Newfoundland Regiment from April 1917, marching to billets after the historical battle of Monchy-le-Preux (Arras).
Officers on horseback leading, followed by soldiers with bicycles,, then regular infantry, While they appear to be happy, the battle of Monchy came at a terrible cost. Total casualties in the battle numbered 460 all ranks: 166 killed in action, 141 wounded, and 153 Prisoners of War
Nine kilometres east of Arras, the village of Monchy-le-Preux crowns a conical hill about a kilometre north of the main Arras-Cambrai road. At the eastern edge of the village, standing erect upon the ruins of a German strongpoint, the caribou of the Monchy-le-Preux Newfoundland Memorial gazes proudly toward Infantry Hill, where a handful of gallant Newfoundlanders held off massive German counter-attacks on April 14, 1917.
Photos of Newfoundland Regiment are rare!
Black censor stamp on back. Label on back (faded)
