On 8 August 1918, the first day of the Battle of Amiens, the Canadian 53rd (Toronto) Battalion captured this German Spandau 7.92 millimetre light machine-gun. By the end of the battle, the Canadians had captured more than 9,000 German prisoners, 200 guns, and more than a thousand machine-guns and trench mortars.
Light Machine-Gun
CWM 19970041-002
Canada and the First World War
