Horse-drawn ammunition limbers pass through the ruins of Longueval, September 1916
Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1916.
Longueval was devastated by shell fire during the Battle of the Somme. Most of the village was captured by the 9th (Scottish) Division on 14 July 1916, but bitter fighting raged in nearby Delville Wood until late August.
From a box of 80 lantern slides.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1978-11-157-4-24
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-4-24