Men of the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, coming under fire from German artillery during the Battle of the Marne
8 September 1914. Major RC Money

Q 51489

During this engagement on the Signy-Signets road, a number of men sustained serious injuries and nine horses were killed.

The photograph was taken by Major RC Money of 1st Cameronians, and it is a rare example of a photograph showing actual combat, taken at a time when there were no official photographers in the front line.