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Some Cavalry Officers in rest after the Arras fighting
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This photograph shows two off-duty cavalry officers resting and fishing after the fighting at the French town of Arras. Note the cavalry emblem on the jacket sleeve of the officer with his hands in his pocket, and the protective puttees (or leggings) both are wearing. As Arras is close to the northern part of the River Somme, it could be that this stream is a tributary of the Somme.
The fighting at Arras formed part of the great Somme offensive. After a massive bombardment of the German frontline that lasted for eight days, the plan was for infantry to fight their way through the supposedly ‘destroyed’ German lines while supported by a creeping artillery barrage. Standing by to support the infantry were some cavalry divisions. Earl Haig’s own background in cavalry meant that he wanted the cavalry to provide the attack with its finishing blow. However, when the generals saw the German machine-guns slaughtering the British infantry, they realised that it would be madness to use the cavalry.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Some Cavalry Officers in rest after the Arras fighting.']
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The "Old Guard" Fife and Drum Corps, on the White House grounds for the reception for German President Richard von Weizsäcker. This is a unit of the Third Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army, which was formed in 1784. They wear Revolutionary War uniforms and three-cornered hats. The men behind them, carrying U.S. and German flags, are from all U.S. armed services.
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Monchy le Preux dominates the area west of Arras. Since 1914 the village had been held by the Germans and by 1917 was over a mile behind the german front line. On 11 April the village was eventually captured by a combination of British infantry, cavalry and tanks. The attacking infantry units of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps and Royal Fusiliers suffered appalling losses. The three cavalry units who attacked the village were virtually wiped out. As the British forces tried to push east of Monchy many men of the Newfoundland Regiment and the 1st Essex were never seen again as they attacked Infantry Hill. This was the first occasion when the Germans employed a new defensive strategy known as "elastic defence" and the British troops had walked into a trap.