Bombardment near Trones Wood, September 1916

Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1916.

Trones Wood, located to the south east of Longueval, was the scene of fierce fighting during the opening phase of the Somme offensive. The attack on the wood began on 8 July 1916, but it was not until 14-15 July that the British 14th and 18th Divisions succeeded in taking it after a protracted fight.

From a group of 550 photographs, compiled by Lord Henry Seymour Rawlinson while Commander in Chief in India, 1916-1919.