Jim Roberts Gallery
The Battle of the Somme
In memory of everyone who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The Battle of the Somme started on July 1st 1916 and lasted until November 1916. For many people, the Battle of the Somme was the battle that symbolised the horrors of warfare in World War One; this one battle had a marked effect on overall casualty figures and seemed to epitomise the futility of trench warfare.
For many years those who led the British campaign have received a lot of criticism based on the appalling casualty figures suffered by the British and the French. By the end of the battle, the British Army had suffered 420,000 casualties including nearly 60,000 on the first day alone. The French lost 200,000 men and the Germans nearly 500,000.
On the first morning a vigorous attack was launched by the British Army which was preceded by a terrific bombardment, lasting for about an hour and a half.
“The next morning (July 2nd) the gunners surveyed the dreadful scene in front of them……it became clear that the Germans always had a commanding view of No Man’s Land. (The British) attack had been brutally repulsed. Hundreds of dead were strung out like wreckage washed up to a high water-mark. Quite as many died on the enemy wire as on the ground, like fish caught in the net. They hung there in grotesque postures. Some looked as if they were praying; they had died on their knees and the wire had prevented their fall. Machine gun fire had done its terrible work.”
All my photos and images are copyrighted to me although you are welcome to use them for non commercial purposes as long as you give credit to myself.
Thank you for looking at my photographs and for any comments it is much appreciated.
www.flickriver.com/photos/jimborobbo/popular-interesting/
The Battle of the Somme
In memory of everyone who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The Battle of the Somme started on July 1st 1916 and lasted until November 1916. For many people, the Battle of the Somme was the battle that symbolised the horrors of warfare in World War One; this one battle had a marked effect on overall casualty figures and seemed to epitomise the futility of trench warfare.
For many years those who led the British campaign have received a lot of criticism based on the appalling casualty figures suffered by the British and the French. By the end of the battle, the British Army had suffered 420,000 casualties including nearly 60,000 on the first day alone. The French lost 200,000 men and the Germans nearly 500,000.
On the first morning a vigorous attack was launched by the British Army which was preceded by a terrific bombardment, lasting for about an hour and a half.
“The next morning (July 2nd) the gunners surveyed the dreadful scene in front of them……it became clear that the Germans always had a commanding view of No Man’s Land. (The British) attack had been brutally repulsed. Hundreds of dead were strung out like wreckage washed up to a high water-mark. Quite as many died on the enemy wire as on the ground, like fish caught in the net. They hung there in grotesque postures. Some looked as if they were praying; they had died on their knees and the wire had prevented their fall. Machine gun fire had done its terrible work.”
All my photos and images are copyrighted to me although you are welcome to use them for non commercial purposes as long as you give credit to myself.
Thank you for looking at my photographs and for any comments it is much appreciated.
www.flickriver.com/photos/jimborobbo/popular-interesting/