A view of Fritz's Folly, the front line, Somme winter. A sunken road forming part of the German ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme
Accession Number E00578
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Gueudecourt
Date made November 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

A view of Fritz's Folly, the front line, Somme winter. A sunken road forming part of the German front line on the sector attacked by the 1st and 3rd Battalions on the night of 4 November 1916. The attack, made in the mud, failed. The position, subsequently abandoned by the Germans, eventually became a part of the Australian front line.