Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers-Bretonneux, France, World War I Size:XS: 30 x 30cm (about 1/6 natural size)

(about 1/6 natural size)

A neat play on words as Punch illustrates the popularity of golf in Scotland as well as increasing meteorological knowledge

30th September 1972

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Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers-Bretonneux, France, World War I Size:XS: 30 x 30cm (about 1/6 natural size)Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers Bretonneux, France, World War I, 1918. Villers Bretonneux was the scene of the first tank battle in history, on 24th April 1918. The town was captured by Australian troops on 25th April, at the cost of over 1200 lives, a sacrifice honoured by an Australian war memorial built there in 1919. Stereoscopic card detail.