Keywords: George Edmund Butler -The scaling of the walls of Le Quesnoy.jpg Artwork A woman looking at a roadside cemetery 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 1920 Oil on canvas Size mm 1532 1220 http //warart archives govt nz/node/176 object history credit line accession number NCWA 535 22498150 PD-old PD-NZ George Edmund Butler Citadelle du Quesnoy Battle of the Sambre 1918 War art at the Archives New Zealand |