'Our troops make use of a Jerry dugout captured by the Great Allied Advance at Bapaume', August 1918
Stereoscopic photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1918.
Bapaume had been devastated during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The town had been a target for the British on the first day of the offensive, but it was not liberated until the Germans withdrew to the Hindenburg Line in February-March 1917. The Germans then reoccupied the town during their Spring Offensive of March 1918. Bapaume was finally liberated for good by the New Zealanders on 29 August 1918.
From a collection of 96 stereoscopic photographs entitled 'The Great War' including the official series.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1972-08-67-2-174
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1972-08-67-2-174