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, under digital.nls.uk/74546962 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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