Sphere cover - British infantry waiting in trench to attack
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Sphere cover - British infantry waiting in trench to attack
Front cover of The Sphere with a photograph showing British infantry in a support trench waiting to attack during the preliminary bombardment preceding the attack on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Note the flowers by the side of the trench which were growing profusely. The magazine notes that a number of soldiers picked them and stuck them jauntily in buttonhole and cap. Date: 1916
Media ID 14167252
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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