Men of the Border Regiment rest in shallow dugouts near Thiepval Wood. The Battle of Thiepval Ridge was the first large offensive of the Reserve Army under Lieutenant General Hubert Gough, during the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War.

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