United States 27th Division troops march past through village of Premont in France, during the Second Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. They march over muddy road dressed in rain gear, with tarpaulins protecting their horse-drawn caissons. American troops without helmets (wearing service caps) marching along road past bombed out ruins. Army truck and British soldier on a bicycle pass them going the opposite direction. Allied troops moving forward on a road, as several German prisoners of war march toward the rear, carrying stretchers with wounded, on their shoulders. British Mark V tank parked on hill, with Officers holding charts and conversing nearby. Horses pulling caissons and supplies to British battery of 18 pounders setting up in the field. British batteries firing, as more field artillery is seen being moved forward in the far distant background. Troops of American 27th Infantry wait in a trench as officers assess situation ahead. The signal is given and the troops advance out of the trench and across a field.
A stream and culvert under a road in France. View from a hill of river below. An open staff car displaying one star on its windshield, carrying Brigadier General Palmer E. Pierce, Commander of the 54th Infantry Brigade. The car is stopped as he confers with Allied officers, during the 2nd Battle of the Somme in World War 1. Scene shifts to Chateau de Raincheval, U.S. Army Headquarters in Piccardy, France, where General Pierce stands in a gateway conversing with Major General John F. O'Ryan, Commander of the U.S. 27th Infantry Division, AEF. Several other officers accompany them. Senior Allied officers outside a bunker labeled "Commanding General." They converse and look at documents.
Wounded American soldiers on litters carried out from a building and placed into military ambulances, during the 2nd Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. German prisoners carrying wounded American soldiers into Ronssoy, France.
Second Battle of the Somme in World War 1.German prisoners of war assembled in fenced areas of a field. British Mark V tank in background. Allied troops move a small artillery piece down from peak of a hill. American soldiers carrying towels as they enter a building to bathe, in a rear area camp.Some of them are seen inspecting their clothing for pests before putting it back on. Others are rewrapping their leggings and putting on boots.Troops marching up a hill. Others coming through a gate engraved with name: "Ecole de Preservation." They march over a bridge from the gate. A young soldier being interviewed.He wears a ribbon on his uniform for a decoration he may have just received. He salutes an officer who stops to talk and shake hands with him.
2nd Battle of the Somme in France during World War 1. United States 27th Division soldiers dig graves at Duncan Post as others carry their fallen soldiers on litters. The graves are marked by many small crosses in a row and one large cross in the field. An American Army Chaplain says some words as the troops standby quietly.
Allied military trucks unloaded at a port in Bordeaux, France during World War I. Cranes used to unload trucks and other military equipment at the port. A tank pulls a truck with a railroad car in the background. Tanks pull trucks at the port. A truck unloaded by a crane as soldiers look on. Soldiers move about on the port one of them rides a bicycle.
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