A platoon of the 58th Battalion marching along the tow path of the Somme Canal, near ...

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Accession Number E01887
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Somme Canal
Date made 31 March 1918
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 platoon of the 58th Battalion marching along the tow path of the Somme Canal, near Sailly-le-Sec. The old mill tower on the extreme left was used by the enemy artillery as a range target during the fighting in front of Amiens.