File:NLS Haig - Smashed up German trench on Messines Ridge with dead.jpg

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Description

English: This is a disturbing image of a destroyed German trench. In the foreground the limp bodies of dead German soldiers lie amidst the rubble. It is difficult to distinguish the soldiers from the chaos around them, but four bodies are clearly visible. One man, wearing a helmet, has been pushed forward by the blast and, although dead, appears to crouch forward. The entire scene is a maelstrom of mud, splintered wood and dead bodies.

Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Smashed up German trench on Messines Ridge with dead.'

Photographs from the Haig "Official Photographs" series

Date

1917

Source

This image is available from the National Library of Scotland under the sequence number or Shelfmark ID D.1520. You can see this image in its original context, along with the rest of the Library's digital collections, in the NLS Digital Gallery

Author



Alternative names	Warwick Brooke
Description	British photographer
Date of birth/death	30 May 1886	1929
Location of birth/death		Uxbridge
Authority file	: Q29267899 VIAF: 309662904 GND: 1055008535

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current	16:44, 18 January 2022	2,318 × 1,501 (457 KB)	Ich	Cropped 4 % horizontally, 7 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
	10:40, 26 December 2011	2,407 × 1,619 (507 KB)	LimoWreck	Reverted to version as of 12:40, 29 October 2009 Image too bright an unnatural. Preserve historal image
	11:33, 25 December 2011	2,330 × 1,542 (1.44 MB)	Soerfm	Crop, rotate, brightness, sharpness
	12:40, 29 October 2009	2,407 × 1,619 (507 KB)	Labattblueboy	remove background, leave border
	12:37, 29 October 2009	2,500 × 1,707 (504 KB)	Labattblueboy	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=This is a disturbing image of a destroyed German trench. In the foreground the limp bodies of dead German soldiers lie amidst the rubble. It is difficult to distinguish the soldiers from the chaos around them, but three b