British troops of the Worcestershire Regiment wave their hats for the camera as they march toward the front during Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. Large number of German prisoners of war march the opposite war, toward the rear, under guard, to be taken to England for internment. They are loaded into railroad box cars for their trip to a French port of embarkation.
A heavily sandbagged British camp behind the front lines during Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. British ambulatory wounded entering the camp followed by German prisoners of war. Several British soldiers blinded (probably by mustard gas) being led by comrades.The German prisoners seated on the ground, surrounded by numerous British soldiers. A British officer offers a canteen of water to one of the German prisoners.Other British soldiers offer cigarettes to the prisoners. A British Sergeant handing identification papers back to German prisoners. British soldiers carrying wounded on stretchers into the camp. More German prisoners, including some wounded but ambulatory, being brought into the camp under guard.
The British Dressing Station for slightly wounded at Minden Post, during Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. Medics providing first aid to the wounded. Watching in the background are several soldiers of the 24th Oldham (Pioneers) Battalion, awaiting orders to advance and occupy captured German trenches. German curtain artillery barrage outside the Minden Post. Their shells exploding in a line across the battlefield. A lone British soldier standing in the remains of British fire trenches wrecked by German high explosive shelling, minutes before. British patrol moving cautiously and stepping over barbed wire, in no-man's-land to clear the area of German snipers and hidden machine guns. They move along line of captured trenches checking for German soldiers hidden in dugouts.
German prisoners of war being rounded up by British Battle Police in no man's land during Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. Several of the German prisoners are wounded and need assistance from their comrades. German prisoners relaxing in a compound. They put on shoes and jackets as they prepare to be moved out of the compound.
Fallen German soldiers lying in no-man's land, following an episode in the Battle of the Somme, during World War 1. A dog, mascot of the Manchester Regiment, fallen alongside his master on the battlefield, both victims of a charge at "Dantzig Alley." Views of other dead soldiers, both British and German, in fields and trenches.
Dead German soldiers lie in the battlefield during the battle of the Somme in World War 1. A battalion of Middlesex Regiment digs graves and buries the dead German soldiers on the battlefield where they fell.
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