Shows British troops take break at a blocked railroad yard in France during World War 1. Soldiers smoke cigarettes. Troops dig a trench and take cover inside it.
Infantry of the Australian 2nd Division return after being relieved by the 4th Division during fierce fighting at the front in the battle of Pozières, France, during World War I. Soldiers of the Australian 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, are seen marching back from the front, along a dirt road, as other Australian troops cheer them from an overlooking hill. Some of the returning troops ride bicycles.
British Army at the Battle of Somme in France during World War I. Ammunition supplies obtained by the British forces. A large field with tents, soldiers, cavalry, artillery carts and supply boxes. Trucks loaded with ammunition boxes. Trucks move in and British soldiers unload ammunition boxes carrying artillery shells from the truck.
British Army at the Battle of Somme in France during World War I. Land mines explode in German trenches and smoke rises. British soldiers dump used up shell cases. A pile of cases. Shells taken out from wooden boxes. A chain of men passes on the shells. A man refills the limber with shells.
A battalion of British Worcesters during the Battle of Somme in France, during World War 1. Soldiers fix up wire cutters to their rifles to cut barbed wires. The Battalion marching in formation along dirt path, on the way to the front.
British soldiers operate a 9.45 inch trench mortar, during the Battle of the Somme, during World War 1 in France. A mortar bomb (called a "flying pig") is loaded into the mortar. The soldiers move to a safe location in their dugout and fire the mortar.
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