WWI - German Retreat and Battle of the Arras, The - R1

WWI - German Retreat and Battle of the Arras, The - Reel 1 Cyclist patrol arrives at village and welcomed by civilians. 6” Howitzer hidden in disused French hangar. Gun detachment leave their dugout and man the gun. Shells wheeled on small trolleys. Germans shelling of British positions. Field guns. LS village shelled by Germans. South African troops raid enemy trenches. Arras railway station showing barbed wire defenses. German shells bursting in Arras and destruction. 04:26:53 Bombardment in fields. Men fix ladders in trenches. Hussards moving up to Arras on horseback. Masses of cavalry waiting in field. London Stock Exchange Battalion resting. King’s Liverpools and King’s Own Shropshire Light Infantry on way to attack in infantry formation. Battlefield and explosion near front line. German prisoners help carry wounded. Carrying stretchers across trenches. German dead on battlefield. WW1; 1918;