| Place | Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres |
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| Accession Number | EZ0099 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Brooks, Ernest |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres |
| Date made | 28 August 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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An unidentified soldier surveys the shell shattered battlefield in front of the village of ...
Description
An unidentified soldier surveys the shell shattered battlefield in front of the village of Pozieres, seen from the communication trench known as Centre Way. Part of a trench is visible on the left; to the right are the remains of a light railway. Lying on the ground beside the railway tracks are three canvas containers, possibly water buckets. Between 23 July and early September 1916, as part of the Somme Offensive, the 1st, 2nd and 4th Divisions between them launched 19 attacks on German positions in and around the ruins of Pozieres.