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A French Victory at Guillaume Trench
Unknown, 1917, Press cutting, Reproduction
A French Victory at Guillaume Trench
A French Victory at Guillaume Trench
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32709
Title
A French Victory at Guillaume Trench
Description
From the Illustrated London News published January 6th, 1917, page 14-15. Photograph by the Aerial Photographic Service of the French Army. Full title: "Our Infantry Vigorously Carried the Enemy Position": A French Victory on the Somme Photographed from the Air.
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Unknown
Date
1917
Size
39.4 x 54.2 cm
Type
Press cutting
;
Reproduction
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Reference Library
On the first day of fighting, some 20,000 British soldiers were lost on the battlefield of the Somme. It remains one of the greatest casualties of the WWI and is remembered as the single most deadly day of the First World War. Read history as it happened with free access to
online historical newspapers
.
The Guillaume Trench, pictured above and located on the Somme, initially held as the German front line, but was taken by the French in late 1916. Find out more about trench warfare with
The Illustrated First World War
.
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