Smoke rising from a burning dump, fired by the retreating Germans, at Tincourt. On this date the ...

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Accession Number E03239
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Hindenburg Outpost Line Area, Tincourt
Date made 6 September 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Smoke rising from a burning dump, fired by the retreating Germans, at Tincourt. On this date the Germans were falling back on the defences of the Hindenburg system, where a few days later the enemy resistance stiffened.