Hill 70 [ASE label]

Photographic Image

Identifier:
2016.3.1.1-70
Description
Canadian Soldier climbing up gun emplacement with destruction from the Battle of Hill 70 in August of 1917, visible in the surrounding landscape. The Canadian Corps occupied the hill to draw  German soldiers away from the Flanders Front during the 3rd Battle of Ypres (July- November 1917).