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Battle of the Somme – Serre

May 7, 2010 by Nicholas Hedges

First image is a detail from a Trench Map (1916) showing Serre, the German Front Line and trenches (red) with the British Front line in blue. The photograph below shows Mark Copse, from where the 11th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment went over the top on 1st July 1916 suffering horrendous casualties as a result.

The Somme

Filed Under: World War I Tagged With: Serre, The Somme, Trench Maps, World War I, WWI

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