View of the Ancre battlefield from the British front line. The trees on the horizon are in the ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Courcelette
Accession Number EZ0111
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker British Official Photograph
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Ancre River
Date made 28 August 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

View of the Ancre battlefield from the British front line. The trees on the horizon are in the village of Courcelette. The Ancre River flows into the Somme east of Amiens. The French and German lines faced each other across the tongue of land between the two rivers from September 1914 until the launching of the Allied Somme Offensive on 1 July 1916.