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Cranston Fine Arts  Military Art and Artists 19th Century Military History 19th Century Regiments  Manchester Regiment |
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The Manchester Regiment by Richard Caton Woodville. No text for this item |
Manchester Regiment by Harry Payne. No text for this item |
Capture of a German Battery by Richard Caton Woodville. German 77mm battery captured by C Company, 2nd Battalion the Manchester Regiment, 2nd April 1917 at Francilly Selency. The attacks on Francilly-Selency would prove costly and difficult to the attacking British forces. The Germans had dug in well. But the Manchester Regiments 2nd battalion, attacking from Roupy just beyond Savy village, towards the large hill which would later be called Manchester Hill, captured the German 77nn Gun battery. The Manchester Regiment would again be on the attack on the 14th of April at Fayet and would go on to the trenches of the Hindenburg line at Gricourt road, San Quentin. |
The Manchester Regiment (63rd and 96th foot) by Richard Simkin. Printed on high quality 300gsm German etching stock. Only 25 copies of this superb quality reprint are available. |
A German Officer And Fourteen Of His Men Cry For Mercy To Lieutenant Leach. Section by section the trench was recaptured, and driven back until they could go no further, the Germans decided to surrender. Lieutenant Leach (2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment) was surprised to hear a voice calling in English Dont shoot sir! The speaker was one of his own men who had been captured in the morning. He had come from a German officer to say he wished to surrender. On going round the corner of the traverse Lieutenant Leach came upon the officer and fourteen of his men, who kneeling, raised their hands and begged for mercy. For their conspicuous bravery Lieutenant Leach and Sergeant Hogan were both deservedly awarded the V.C. |
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