Landrécies, 25 August 1914

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The street-fighting in the outskirts of Landrécies, a town north-west of Le Cateau in Northern France, took place during the night of 25–26 August 1914, in the early part of the First World War (1914–1918).

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.

National Army Museum

London

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

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