# THE BATTLE OF ARRAS \[WORLD WAR I\]

THE BATTLE OF ARRAS \[WORLD WAR I\] Produced: 1919 Description Summary:On the British Army. Reel 1, artillery shells Ger. defenses; Ger. shells land in a village. South African units storm trenches Scaling ladders are prepared. Troops attack under an artillery barrage. Prisoners carry Brit. wounded to the rear. Reel 2, engrs. lay railroad track. Ammunition is carried over a pontoon bridge across the Scope. The enemy shells positions at Monchy; shows ruins of the town. Reel 3, engrs. construct bridges and roads. Australian artillery bombards the enemy. Artillery units, supply trains, and tanks move up under fire. Monchy is occupied. War news is read to French civilians. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/35477

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1919
- By: National Archives
- Genres: War, Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/111-m-99-r1_HD_2Mbps)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
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