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British guns commence bombardment of German lines during the Battle of Ancre in France.

British 5th Army gunners begin an intense bombardment of the 3rd German line, with 8 inch howitzers. during the Battle of the Ancre, in World War 1.They fire from under camouflage netting. Lines of shells standing on end, surround the gun positions.

Date: 1916, November
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028121
British soldiers rest and eat their rations during the World War 1 Battle of Ancre in France.

British 5th Army gunners, wearing goatskins, take a break for a hearty meal around a fire during Battle of the Ancre, in World War 1. A ration party fetching water for troops on the front line.They carry it in tins.

Date: 1916, November
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028127
Scottish soldiers move forward for attack during the Battle of Ancre in France in World War 1.

The battle of the Ancre in World War 1. Scottish troops in trench standing ready for signal to attack. At the signal, Scottish troops including the Argyle and Sutherlands, Royal Scots Regiment, Scottish Rifles Cameronians, and the Kings Own Scottish Borderers go over the top from trenches in an attack. Waves of soldiers are poured into the German positions. A Scottish soldier enters a signals dugout to request artillery support. British gunners in goat skins fire 18 pounder field guns in support. German prisoners are escorted over no-man's land. Scottish troops in reserve watch the battle from a trench, using periscopes. Stretcher bearers brave shrapnel to bring back wounded from no man's land. Smoke from bursting shells seen in distance. The Scottish reserves move forward to augment those engaged ahead. Batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery are seen moving to forward positions with their 18 pounder field guns.

Date: 1916, November
Duration: 7 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028130
German prisoners captured during the Battle of Ancre in France in World War I.

German Colonel and staff seen on horseback amongst troops under his command captured at Beaumont Hamel. The German prisoners move from hillside into ravine road and proceed to a prison camp at the rear. An ambulance drives beside the prisoners. British troops line the bluffs overlooking the road and German prisoners.

Date: 1916, November
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028131
British get a rest break after the Battle of Ancre in France during World War I.

Following the Battle of Ancre in World War 1, British troops await buses to take them back from the front to Rest Billets in the rear. The transports arrive and they board.One bus stops enroute for several more soldiers, including an artilleryman wearing Goatskin. Soldiers of the British West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's own) and the Worcester Regiment, marching to the rear for a rest, alongside line of trucks headed the opposite way, toward the front.

Date: 1916, November
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028136
Wreckage and ruins in Beaumont Hamel after the World War 1 battle of Ancre, France.

Ruined villages of Martinpuich and Beaumont Hamel show utter devastation with nothing left standing above ground level. A lonely soldier walks through the silent wreckage. Scene shifts to Scottish troops resting at side of road near Beaumont Hamel. British soldier walks along what was the main street of Beaumont Hamel, where nothing is left standing but a few stubs and twigs of trees. British soldiers, digging in a hill of debris, unearth a German machine gun.

Date: 1916, November
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028137