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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Schlacht bei Longwy am 28. August 1914

  • Physical Description

    Color lithograph : newprint; size irregular ; circa 30.2 x 37.7 cm. ; circa 12.0 x 14.75 in

  • Date

    cir1915?

  • Place of Publication

    Neuruppin

  • Publisher

    Gustav Kühn

  • Summary

    Broadside: Battle of Longwy, Aug. 28, 1914; German cavalrymen are routing French infantrymen.

  • Subject

    World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918, Battlefields; Broadsides

  • Place

    Longwy (France)

  • Medium

    Lithographs

  • Part Of

    German Army Proclamations Collection 1915-1918

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

When the German army conquered Longwy, they imprisoned 3600 French soldiers, including 400 wounded ones. The Germans conquered 36 canons and destroyed all French equipments but one.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Schlacht bei Longwy am 28. August 1914, Leo Baeck Institute, 78.617.