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  British shells bursting on German trenches near Courcelette, taken South of Pozieres, 20th September 1916.

  1916-09-20
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  Battle of Tansloy Ridges. A 60 pounder gun being moved forward with difficulty by troops of the Royal Field Artillery and horses near the village of Bazentin le Petit. October 1916.

  1916-10
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  Battle of Flers-Courcelette. A Brigadier and his staff outside Tank 17 of D Company, which was used as his Headquarters. Near Flers, 21st September 1916.

  1916-09-21
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  Battle of Albert. 12-inch howitzer named 'Lucky Jim' in action. 1st July 1916.

  1916-07-01
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  A Lewis light machine gun in action in a front line trench near Ovillers. Possibly troops of the Worcestershire Regiment of the 48th Division.

  1916-07
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  Howitzers of 135th Siege Battery on the Somme, 25 August 1916. The 8-inch howitzer had a range of about 12,300 yards (11.24 km), and fired a 200lb (90.8 kg) shell. Most heavy artillery weapons were used by units of the Royal Garrison Artillery, whereas the Royal Field Artillery tended to use lighter guns that were mobile.

  1916
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  Over the top, amid bursting gas and tear shells, in a determined assault on the fortified Somme villages' Stereoscopic photograph

  1916-01