WWI - Retreat of the Germans at the Battle of Arras 1918 Reel 3

WWI - Retreat of the Germans at the Battle of Arras 1918 reel 3 of 7 Allied 6” Mark VII guns firing, shells landing on German front lines to protect advancing infantry. Big guns loaded and fired. LS troops walking on battlefield. 21:19:38 Device invented by the men to transport the 290 pound shells to the battery positions. Men run up to armory, collect a shell and drag to positions. 21:20:32 Guin detachment receive orders to man the guns - men leaving their dugouts. Guns under camouflage fired. 21:21:37 British aircraft leave on reconnaissance mission. RAF plane with name Mauritius III on nose. Pilot checks front guns. Propeller at rear of biplane wound up. Planes take off towards camera. 21:22:54 Aerial views over German lines. River and shell holes visible. 21:23:29 British Ack-Ack, anti-aircraft guns fired at German planes. A 6-inch howitzer is camouflaged by hiding in barn? gun firing. Title note, the center figure in the group of officers is a major commanding the battery, he is only 21 years old. Officers pose. 21:25:29 8 inch Howitzer firing. Ammunition transported by pontoon on the River Scarpe. 21:26:39 Tanks and the London Scottish move towards the front. 21:28:09 Messenger on bicycle gives the Motor Machine Gun section its orders. Motorcycles & motorbikes with sidecars move off. 21:29:16 Field guns firing. Royal Sussex pioneers march down road. The Durhams and the North Hants brigades. 21:30:55 Cavalry waiting in field WW1; Fighting;