Troops of the 4th Division asleep in the narrow reserve trenches near Bresle Wood, the morning ...

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Accession Number E01921
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original negative other
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Bresle
Date made 28 March 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Troops of the 4th Division asleep in the narrow reserve trenches near Bresle Wood, the morning after they first met and stopped the German advance on Amiens. They had been on the march for several days previously in cold and drizzling rain, and the temporary rest was more than welcome.