Over the top, amid bursting gas and tear shells, in a determined assault on the fortified Somme villages.

Over the top, amid bursting gas and tear shells, in a determined assault on the fortified Somme villages.

Photograph

Realistic Travels

Over the top, amid bursting gas and tear shells, in a determined assault on the fortified Somme villages.

From The Great War


1916
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Each image: 8 x 7.7 cm
Mount: 9 x 18 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2005
2005.0805.0031
Inscriptions recto (stamped in black ink): REALISTIC TRAVELS / LONDON-CAPETOWN-BOMBAY-MELBOURNE-TORONTO / 50 / BY ROYAL COMMAND OF THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES / KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY / Realistic / (c) / Travels / Over the top, amid bursting gas and tear shells, in a / determined assault on the fortified Somme villages.

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