Title: British wounded near Lens, France 1917 Description: British wounded at a collecting station near Lens, France, which was part of the Battle of Arras (April 9, 1917 -May 16, 1917); British troops initially gained considerable ground during their early advances in this extensive and bloody battle, but German reinforcements arrived to stop the Allied advance along a twenty-mile front on May 3, 1917; the British inflicted 75,000 casualties on the Germans, but suffered the loss of 84,000 men in what was considered a tactical British victory; Category: World War I Keywords: Battle of Arras (April 9, 1917-May 16, 1917), battlefields, battlegrounds, British soldiers, British troops, colleting stations, dressing stations, first aid stations, First World War, The Great War, War to End All Wars, World War I, wounded soldiers, wounded troops, WWI. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2475 x 1375 (3.40 MPixels) (1.80) Print Size: 21.0 x 11.6 cm; 8.3 x 4.6 inches File Size: 9.75 MB (10,220,602 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000048273 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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