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LOC caption : "At close grips with the Hun, we bomb the corkshaffer's, etc." Two United States soldiers run past the remains of two German soldiers toward a bunker. Still image from The Battle of the Somme showing a wounded soldier being carried through a trench. The accompanying title frame read:  :British Tommies rescuing a comrade under shell fire. (This man died 30 minutes after reaching the trenches.)


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Westfront, deutscher Soldat Zentralbild Ein Deutscher Soldat.(1.Weltkrieg)

English: This is a photograph of a young German soldier engaged in the Battle of the Somme, 1916. He wears a helmet, so the photo is from late in 1916.
Deutsch: Deutscher Soldat an der Westfront, Stoss- bzw. Sturmtrupp mit einem Karabiner 98a-Gewehr.

Description: American troops going forward to the battle line in the Forest of Argonne. France, September 26, 1918. Source: https://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/basic_search.jsp, ARC Identifier: 530748.

Español: Fusileros irlandeses de la 25ª Brigada, 8ª División, durante el primer día de la batalla.
English: A ration party of the Royal Irish Rifles in a communication trench during the Battle of the Somme. The date is believed to be 1 July 1916, the first day on the Somme, and the unit is possibly the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles (25th Brigade, 8th Division).
Deutsch: Beim Kagohl III, die Englandflieger * Die Gotha GIV 405/16 im Fluge über Belgien, Oblt. von Trotha’s Flugzeug
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  • File:At_close_grips2.jpg licensed with PD-1923
    • 2009-12-18T03:49:45Z Durova 1834x1781 (1667229 Bytes) {{Information |Description="At close grips with the Hun, we bomb the corkshaffer's, etc." Two United States soldiers run past the remains of two German soldiers toward a bunker. |Source=Library of Congress[http://hdl.loc.gov
  • File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R05148,_Westfront,_deutscher_Soldat.jpg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0-de
    • 2008-12-04T18:01:03Z BArchBot 800x605 (65991 Bytes) == Summary == {{Information |Description={{de|1='''Westfront, deutscher Soldat''' Zentralbild 1. Weltkrieg. Westfront 1916. Deutscher Soldat eines Sturmtrupps. }} |Source=Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), {{B
  • File:FT-17-argonne-1918.gif licensed with PD-USGov-Military-Army
    • 2010-06-06T15:42:59Z Hohum 586x441 (101490 Bytes) Cropped border, levels, cleaned blemishes.
    • 2005-10-27T09:42:56Z Bukvoed 600x455 (84113 Bytes) Description: American troops going forward to the battle line in the Forest of Argonne. France, September 26, 1918. Source: http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/basic_search.jsp, ARC Identifier: 530748. {{PD-USGov-Military-Army}}
  • File:Royal_Irish_Rifles_ration_party_Somme_July_1916.jpg licensed with PD-UKGov
    • 2009-09-07T22:57:44Z Durova 950x672 (172636 Bytes) Reverted to version as of 06:39, 14 January 2006 better without the sharpening
    • 2006-01-14T06:41:13Z Gsl 950x672 (263111 Bytes) sharpened, set levels
    • 2006-01-14T06:39:44Z Gsl 950x672 (172636 Bytes) original scan
  • File:Gotha_G_IV_Flug.jpg licensed with PD-old
    • 2010-04-02T14:30:55Z Gonzosft 900x625 (102158 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{de|1=Beim Kagohl III, die Englandflieger * Die Gotha GIV 405/16 im Fluge über Belgien, Oblt. von Trotha’s Flugzeug}} |Source=http://www.thomasgenth.de |Author=unknown |Date=Juni 1917 |Permissio

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