The scaling of the walls of Le Quesnoy, George Edmund Butler, 1920

New zealand troops’ last major action of the first world war was the capture of le quesnoy in november 1918, a week before the armistice. They scaled ladders set against the ancient walls of the old fortress town. Object Type: painting. Date: 1920. Dimensions: height: 1,220 mm (48.03 in); width: 1,532 mm (60.31 in). Medium: oil on canvas. George Edmund Butler -The scaling of the walls of Le Quesnoy