Title

An Infantry Attack on the Somme', (1919).

Caption

'An Infantry Attack on the Somme', (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: 'British troops are seen advancing across the open chalky plain of the Somme [in northern France] towards the German trenches near Mametz. The "woolly bear" overhead indicates that the Germans' artillery are peppering the advancing troops with shrapnel.' From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. VI, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]

Date

1919

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F15_033

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,6Mb (8,8Mb) / 18,8in x 13,4in / 5625 x 4014 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph France British attack attacking explosion military war plain Armed Forces century Britain first world war concept picardy advance troops B&W artillery firing MONOCHROME Army advancing warfare trench trenches Regiment World War I WWI infantry battlefield shrapnel black & white black and white B W World War One 1910s 20th century shelling The Print Collector 1st World War Somme TGN WW1 Somme offensive photograph front line Unknown Knight Caxton Publishing Company William Stanley Macbean Knight William Stanley Macbean W. Stanley Macbean Knight W Stanley Macbean Knight W. Stanley Macbean W Stanley Macbean W. S. M. W. S. M. Knight Caxton Pulishing Company Lim