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Accession Number | E04942C |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
Place made | France: Picardie, Aisne |
Date made | 3 October 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Bodies of American troops laid out in an American cemetery near the road leading to Gillemont ...
Description
Bodies of American troops laid out in an American cemetery near the road leading to Gillemont Farm and Bony. They were killed in the fighting near Gillemont Farm on 29 September when the 27th American Division attacked over the main Hindenburg Line and suffered many casualties. Note the white crosses lying over each body. This is the right hand image in a three part panorama. See E04942P for the combined image.