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.

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Miscellaneous [edit]

  • 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

First day on the Somme [edit]

  • 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

Battle of Delville Wood [edit]

  • 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

Artillery [edit]

  • 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

Maps [edit]

  • British infantry attack plan for 1 July. The only success came in the south at Mametz and Montauban and on the French sector.

  • The British 21st Division attack on Bazentin le Petit, 14 July 1916. The area captured by 9.00 am is shown by the dashed red line.

  • Progress of the Battle of the Somme between 1 July and 18 November.

Paintings [edit]

  • "Mametz, Western Front" by Frank Crozier (1919)

  • "Mouquet Farm, Pozières" by Fred Leist (1917)

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