British engineers building a bridge to facilitate movement of British forces across the Somme River, in France, during World War One. Troops moving over another bridge, where retreating German forces had destroyed the lock gates in unsuccessful effort to flood area.
Battalion of Northamptonshire regiment works on bridges and roads in France, during World War One. They employ picks, shovels, and wheelbarrows. A horse-drawn wagon drives over a newly cleared bridge.
Orchard of fruit trees cut down by the German soldiers, to impede advance of Allies behind them, as they withdrew in France, during World War One.
German dugouts and trenches captured by British, in France, during World War One. They are unusually well constructed.
A huge crater created by German explosive demolition at a key crossroad in a French town during World War I, to impede Allied troops advancing as the Germans withdrew. Several British soldiers explore the crater. View of the town, from a hilltop. Many houses are damaged or destroyed. Several soldiers walking on the street in the town. The road continues straight, beyond the town into the distance.
British siege gunners fire a 9.2 inch howitzer at German targets in France, during World War One. Gunner pulls rope and gun fires. Gun barrel is then lowered to near-level elevation for reloading.
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