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The combatants were the advancing German 14th Infantry Brigade and the British 4th (Guards) Brigade, withdrawing during the retreat from Mons. Meeting by chance, the two opposing units fought tentatively throughout the evening. The Germans eventually set light to straw-stacks near the British position with incendiary bombs, and the light from the flames can be seen in the painting over the rooftops in the distance. After midnight a howitzer of the British 60th Battery was brought up in support at close range and soon silenced the German guns, after which the enemy withdrew.
Title
Landrécies, 25 August 1914
Date
1915
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 112.4 x W 162.9 cm
Accession number
NAM. 1959-11-304
Acquisition method
gift from Captain W. G. Wollen and Miss J. G. Wollen, 1959
Work type
Painting
National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, Greater London SW3 4HT England
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