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File:NLS Haig - Maharaja of Patiala visits the Western Front.jpg

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The Maharaja of Patiala, Bhupinder Singh, inspects a BL 12 inch Mk III railway howitzer near Borre, France.


Note how the carriage has been lowered to the ground to steady it when firing.
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This image is available from the National Library of Scotland You can see this image in its original context, along with the rest of the Library's digital collections, in the NLS Digital Gallery

From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928).


Also held by Imperial War Museum.
Author John Warwick Brooke ?
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