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Sudan Expedition 1898
British soldiers scouting along the banks of the River Nile with a steep hill in the background.
Sudan Expedition 1898
British soldiers marching though the Nubian Desert beside the River Nile. A steep hill is in the background. A camel kneels in the left foreground.
Sudan Expedition 1898
British soldiers in camp during a rest stop on the way to Omdurman in the Sudan, some sheltering in their tents.
Artillery piece camouflaged with branches on the Western Front
Photograph of a field gun camouflaged with branches and leaves in the Somme valley on the Western Front.
Anti-aircraft gun mounted on the back of a truck in Italy
Photograph of an anti-aircraft gun mounted on the back of a truck and manned by British soldiers with another truck lying to the side.
British officer standing beside an old wooden dhow on the Tigris River, Iraq
Photograph of a British officer in tropical uniform standing beside a patched wooden dhow or sailing boat manned by other British troops including an Indian army sepoy on the Tigris River, Mesopotamia.
British soldier holding an officer's horse by the halter
Photograph of a British soldier holding an officer's horse by the halter somewhere in Italy.