Somme. VIII Corps attack 1st July 1916. Beaumont Hamel Serre. Trenches 1932 map

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The Somme, 1916. VIII Corps attack on the 1st July. Beaumont Hamel & Serre [Battle of the Somme]. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Map compiled by Major Archibald Frank Becke. Published by Ordnance Survey 1929. Provenance: "History of the Great War based on Official Documents by the Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Military Operations France and Belgium, 1916". Compiled by Brigadier-General Sir James E. Edmonds. Maps and Sketches compiled by Major A. F. Becke. Published by MacMillan and Co; Limited St. Martin's Street, London 1932. Type: Antique military history map.

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Size: 3075px × 4767px
Location: Somme & Pas-de-Calais
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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