Battle of the Somme

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English: The Battle of the Somme took place in northern France from 1 July to 18 November 1916, during the First World War.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Troops "going over the top" at the start of the Battle of the Somme in 1916.	Staged scene of Canadian soldiers leaving their trench for a raid during the Battle of the Somme.	British wounded near Bernafay Wood, July 1916	German trench in Delville Wood, September 1916
British infantry attacking near Thiepval, 7 August 1916	Cheshire Regiment trench near La Boiselle, July 1916	1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, near Beaumont Hamel	Public Schools Battalion at "White City", near Beaumont Hamel
Vickers machine gun crew wearing gas helmets, near Ovillers July 1916	New Zealand infantry in the Switch Line, September 1916	British infantry advancing during the Battle of Morval, September 1916	Mark I "male" tank, Battle of Thiepval Ridge
Men of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, their rifles stacked nearby, lying exhausted in the grass in a rear area	Entrance to a German Officer's dugout showing the protection over its doorway and its depth	A mass of men, horses and equipment at Mailley-Maillet	The Virgin hanging from the Church of Notre Dame in Albert.
The badly shelled main road to Bapaume through Pozieres, showing a communication trench and broken trees	A ration party of Royal Irish Rifles in a communication trench early in the battle, possibly on 1 July.	Remains of a German machine gun post near Guillemont, September	Stretcher bearers retrieving a wounded soldier during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge
View from a kite balloon looking from Bécourt toward Bapaume, July	The ruins of Pozières, August	Pozières plateau, looking towards the "Old German" lines, August	"Gibraltar" bunker at Pozières, August
View from Centre Way trench near Pozières towards Mouquet Farm, August	Australian 6th Brigade returning from Pozières, August	Road to Pozières, August	Sausage Valley, August

[edit] First day on the Somme

Explosion of the mine beneath Hawthorn Redoubt, 7.20 am

Aftermath of the Hawthorn Redoubt mine

Gordon Highlanders advancing near Mametz

Tyneside Irish Brigade advancing near La Boiselle

[edit] Battle of Delville Wood

German trenches in Delville Wood	Terrain Map: Delville Wood	Positions on 14 July 1916	Positions on 15 July 1916
Positions on 16 July 1916	Positions on 18 to 20 July 1916	Delville Wood Memorial	Delville Wood in 1916 and 2009 and Albert statue on church of Notre Dame in 1916 and 2009

[edit] Artillery

8-in howitzers firing near Mametz, August 1916	A shell being loaded into a 15 inch howitzer	A Holt tractor hauling a 9.2 inch Howitzer to a forward area	A 9.2 inch gun in action during the battle of Albert
A dump of 18 pounder shell cases used in the bomdardment of Fricourt.	British gas cylinder release against Montauban, June