An assault battalion of the 103rd (Tyneside Irish) Brigade advance shortly after zero hour on 1 July during the Allied attack on La Boisselle. The 3,000-strong brigade attacked across Mash Valley but was caught by German machine-gun fire in no-man's land, sustaining over 1,900 casualties during the day.

Description: An assault battalion of the 103rd (Tyneside Irish) Brigade advance shortly after zero hour on 1 July during the Allied attack on La Boisselle. The 3,000-strong brigade attacked across Mash Valley but was caught by German machine-gun fire in no-man's land, sustaining over 1,900 casualties during the day.
Date: 1 July 1916
Century: 20th century
Decade material covers: 1910s
Type: Photograph
Subject: Western Front
Figures: Brigade
War: First World War
Army: Great Britain
Battle: Battle of the Somme
Contemporary Country: France
Repository: National Army Museum
Repository Item Record: Full record with image
Rights: With permission from the National Army Museum
Village: La Boisselle