Description
Photograph from the collection of Major Gen Sir Edward Louis Spears (1886-1974). August 1915. General d'Urbal, General Officer in Command of the Xth Army holding a review to give decorations at (Camblain) l'Abbe.
Collection
The Ruins Of France (Part 4) - Observing The Great War: Spears, E
Description
This fourth instalment of a photograph album belonging to liaison officer, Edward Spears, provides revealing testimony to the routine of the First World War: parades, inspections, decoration in battle, tactical observation of the disposition of enemy forces, conversation and dialogue. The engineering…
