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.
British soldiers fire 18pdr guns from captured Germans trenches during the Battle of Somme, World War 1 in France. Field battery directing, point blank, direct fire, from behind sand bag mounds. Two horses killed while bringing up the field battery lie in a field.
British soldiers during the Battle of Somme, World War 1 in France. Shells fired at British trenches as a British soldier carries a wounded comrade on his back across a trench. Two soldiers carry a wounded soldier on a wheeled stretcher along a trench.
Deadly attacks at Loos, St. Mihiel and the Somme in France during World War I. The German troops load shells into artillery and fire. An explosion and smoke rises. An observer, standing on a ladder resting on a tree. He finds range for shooting. The view of a building and small houses. The building explodes and smoke rises. Artillery is fired. The German troops standing beside artillery and firing. Flame rises from fire. A soldier making his way across the battlefield with incoming artillery shells exploding nearby.
Battered German strongholds in Fricourt, France, during Battle of the Somme. Labor Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, repairs a road. Wreckage all around, destroyed fortifications. Dugouts 20- 30 feet under the level of the battlefield. A British soldier in a trench.
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