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Description: IWM caption : "THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918. Indian troops manning a 3-pounder Hotchkiss gun mouted in a railway wagon on the military railway between Basra and Nasiriya. Such armed wagons were used to protect troops and supply trains from attack by bands of hostile Arabs".
Title: QF3pdrHotchkissMesopotamia1917
Credit: This photograph HU 95834 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8401-08)
Author: British government.
Permission: This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain. This is because it is one of the following: It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or It was published prior to 1973; or It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1973.HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply) More information. See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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