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British General addresses soldiers before the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I
British Army at the Battle of Somme in France during World War 1. A Divisional General mounted on a horse addresses the Lancashire Fusiliers and Royal fusiliers and a Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment before the Battle of the Somme in France. British gunners firing 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns at very low elevation (almost point blank direct fire). As the guns fire, the recoil drives them back considerably on their heavy wheels, which are arrested by chocks.
British soldiers fire at German positions before the Battle of Somme in France during World War I
British Army at the Battle of Somme in France during World War 1. A 6 inch Howitzer fired at German first line in Mametz, France. Explosions occur and smoke rises. A Canadian 60 pounder fired at German positions. Soldiers fire the 60 pounder from behind sand bag mounds. Shrapnels burst over German trenches. Infantry and cavalry units of London Scottish and East Yorkshire march forward for the battle area. A Priest conducts a prayer service as soldiers stand around him in a circle before the Battle of Somme.
British soldiers "plum pudding" mortars in the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I
British troops in World War 1 Battle of the Somme, are seen at a huge stockpile of mortar shells called "Plum Puddings" that are most effective in smashing German barbed wire entanglements. Soldiers carrying them from the pile as quartermasters make a count of them. British Troops, in a well protected dugout, loading a 2 inch trench mortar with attached periscope post and "Plum Pudding" shell atop. They afix the fuse and crawl into the dugout, away from the mortar and fire it remotely with a cord. They repeat the process.
British soldiers fire 9.2 Howitzer in the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I
From "The Battle of the Somme." British gunners bombarding German forces with 9.2 inch howitzers, during the Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. A large gun crew, of about a dozen soldiers,work together coordinating the loading and firing of a 9.2 inch howitzer. Shells for the gun are piled around the emplacement. Many infantry stand in background watching the howitzer in action. Smoke rises from shell strikes in the nearby German lines.
British troops of Royal Warwick Regiment moving toward the front in he Battle of the Somme, France during World War I
British Troops of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at their campsite prior to the big advance in the Battle of the Somme during World War 1. They stand amongst their tents and assemble for supper near a camp fire tended by unit cooks who fill their mess kits with hot soup. View of no man's land with shells bursting in area of Beaumont Hamel. A fresh battalion of reiforcements for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment resting on their way to trenches at the front. Later they are seen march along a dirt road to the front.
British Worcesters fix wire cutters during the Battle of Somme in France, World War I
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.
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