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A British lieutenant briefs his section leaders (note a 2nd lieutenant at his right) during an exercise in the snow by troops of the 1/7th Battalion, Warwickshire Regiment, between Douai and Orchies, taken by Captain Leonard 'Len' Arthur Puttnam, 26 January 1940. The 1/7th Battalion had just arrived in France in time to join the British Expeditionary Force, which was assigned the task of reinforcing French units and stopping any attempt of German advance. It seems the Company H.Q. was established in the Forest of Flines, near Douai (1). In May, German and British forces clashed in the Ypres-Comines Canal, near the French-Belgian border, south of Dunkirk (2). By the end of the month, only 15 officers and 200 soldiers were left, being ordered to retreat north to Dunkirk, where they were repatriated back to England. Their actions in Belgium were essential to delay the German advance and secure the withdrawal of the BEF. All men in the picture are unnamed. The very same day the photograph was taken, Brisbane registered its hottest day ever, at 43.2 °C.

Source: Imperial War Museums (F 2282) Bibliography: 1. Imperial War Museums (IWM O 1225) 2. Smith, Mark (2014) The History of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Morrisville: Lulu Press

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