A group of French soldiers is seen standing in a trench during World War 1. Several make their way along the trench to the hulk of a German tank, turned on its side. Camera pans the exposed bottom of the overturned tank with one tread visible. Two French soldiers stand next to it. Several fallen German soldiers are seen on the ground nearby. Next, four French medical corpsmen are seen carrying a wounded soldier at shoulder height on a litter. Two soldiers move body of fallen comrade using a two-wheeled cart. Change of scene to French soldiers near their trenches at base of a steep hill, partially covered with boards. Several soldiers walk past them transporting fallen on a cart. Wounded being assisted as they leave a damaged building, possibly serving as a field first aid center. Several French soldiers standing near a comrade with a bandaged foot who leans on a large board. Behind them are shell or bomb-damaged buildings.
British 5th Army artillerymen firing 6 inch howitzer during the Battle of the Ancre in World War 1. Soldiers stand near a bunker in the field. They load and fire the howitzer. Smoke arises due to the firing. A forward observation officer watches through binoculars to give range corrections to the gunners.. A soldier speaks on loudspeaker. Shells on the field. Sleighs are brought to the front to carry the wounded through the mud to the rear. Troops seen pulling carts loaded with ammunition and supplies up to the gun batteries.
Film show troops of Irish Regiment of United Kingdom soldiers taking up their positions in the trenches during the Battle of Ancre, in World War 1. Some of the troops from Ireland light a fire under a cooking pot that is set in a cut out section of the trench wall. Two soldiers and an officer climb aboard a camouflaged British Mark I tank (male). The officer carries a mascot black cat on his shoulder. The tank's six-pounder gun is moved from side to side and up and down, in the tank sponson.
Battle of the Ancre in World War 1. British troops moving to the front by way of "communication trenches." Once in place, soldiers are seen using their rifles to launch grenades at the German lines. Smoke from shell bursts drifts across the no man's land outside the trenches.
British truck-mounted antiaircraft guns harass German observation planes (not seen) during Battle of the Ancre in World War 1. British soldier watching the sky through binoculars.
Mail call for Scottish troops after the Battle of the Ancre, during World War 1. A soldier distributes mail to the troops who eagerly gather around him on a hill overlooking fields below.
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