Press Photograph (1943)
British Troops, Battle of Nufilia, North Africa
6th April 1943
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
8.5 x 11 ins / 22 x 28 cms
Unframed
Verso
Newspaper cutting and date stamp
Sold
Additional Information
Image has been heavily overpainted in preparation for newspaper publication. Newspaper cutting of printed image attached to reverse.
Printed newspaper caption reads: Into Tripolitania! In December, just at the time Rommel was giving up strong positions at Aghelia, Gen. Montgomery executed a wide, sweeping movement through trackless desert to Nufilia. Most of the travelling was done without lights and in daylight under camouflage. Casualties were suffered by the British force when it made contact with the enemy. Two ambulance men are attending a wounded man while comrades fright from a ridge leading to Tripolitania'
