Trenches Collection (page 12)

The capture of a German machine-gunner, Croisilles, France, World War I, c1917-c1918. During the assault on the Hindenburg Line. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A section of Seaforth Highlanders snatching a moments respite, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Troops waiting in a trench near Arras, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Troops waiting in a trench near Arras, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. British Army soldiers waiting for a creeping artillery barrage to lift. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Holding the line at Dickebusch, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, 7 June 1917. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Holding the line at Dickebusch, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, 7 June 1917. Before the assault on Messines Ridge. Stereoscopic card. Detail

British troops going over the top, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
British troops going over the top, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. During an assult on Wytschaete Wood. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Officer watching his men file into a dug-out to avoid a German strafe, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

German dugout captured in the advance at Bapaume, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
German dugout captured in the advance at Bapaume, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Bapaume was one of the British objectives at the Battle of the Somme in 1916

British troops in a captured trench, Hindenburg Line, France, World War I, 1917-1918. The Hindenburg Line was a vast system of defences built on the Western Front by the Germans in the winter of

Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. The Battle of Messines was launched on June 7, 1917 by British General Herbert Plumers Second Army

Interrogating a German soldier, Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, World War I, 1914-1918. The Hohenzollern Redoubt was a fortified German position that was the scene of fierce fighting during the Battle

German soldiers surrendering, Bullecourt, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
German soldiers surrendering, Bullecourt, France, World War I, 1914-1918. British and Australian troops captured Bullecourt from the Germans in May 1917 during the Battle of Arras

Dead soldiers, Vimy Ridge, France, World War I, 1914-1918Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Dead soldiers, Vimy Ridge, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Vimy Ridge was the site of an attack by the Canadian Corps on three divisions of the German 6th Army in April 1917

Trench warfare on the Hindenburg Line, Bellicourt, France, World War I, 1917-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Trench warfare on the Hindenburg Line, Bellicourt, France, World War I, 1917-1918. The Hindenburg Line was a vast system of defences built on the Western Front by the Germans in the winter of

Trench warfare on the Wotan Line, Queant, France, World War I, 1917-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Trench warfare on the Wotan Line, Queant, France, World War I, 1917-1918. The Wotan Line was the northernmost section of the Hindenburg Line, between Lille and St Quentin. Stereoscopic Card Details

Soldiers cutting through barbed wire defences, Oppy, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Trench warfare, Bourlon Wood, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Trench warfare, Bourlon Wood, France, World War I, 1914-1918. The soldiers are wearing their gas masks. Stereoscopic card detail

Soldiers waiting in the trenches to go over the top, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Soldiers waiting in the trenches to go over the top, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Battlefield scene, Passchendaele, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Battlefield scene, Passchendaele, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Artillery observation officer in forward post, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Artillery observation officer in forward post, France, World War I, 1914-1918. During the Advance on Wancourt. Stereoscopic card detail

Mortars in the trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Mortars in the trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Stretcher bearers removing a wounded officer, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Stretcher bearers removing a wounded officer, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Indian soldiers in the trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Indian soldiers in the trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Captured trenches strengthened to withstand counter-attack, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Soldiers digging trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Soldiers digging trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Canadian infantry in the trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Canadian infantry in the trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Belgian stretcher bearers carrying wounded in a trench, Dixmude, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Staff officer in a dugout studying details before an offensive, World War I, 1914-1918

Winter in the Belgian trenches at Nieupoort, Belgium 20th century. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Winter in the Belgian trenches at Nieupoort, Belgium 20th century. Stereoscopic card detail

Aerial photograph of the German lines, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Aerial photograph of the German lines, World War I, 1914-1918. View showing deep trenches, mine and shell craters. Stereoscopic card detail

Canadians leaving their trenches to rush a German position, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

British soldiers attacking the Hindenburg Line, World War I, 1917-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
British soldiers attacking the Hindenburg Line, World War I, 1917-1918. Soldiers bombing Germans out of their deep dug-out with grenades

German prisoners carrying British wounded, World War I, 1916. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
German prisoners carrying British wounded, World War I, 1916. During the assault on Trones Wood, part of the Battle of the Somme. Stereoscopic card detail

Prussians captured by Old Contemptibles in the advance at Pozieres, World War I, 1914-1918. Old Contemptibles was the name self-adopted by British troops belonging to the regular army in 1914

North Country troops bombing a German machine gun position, Polygon Wood, 20th century
Bombing a German machine gun position, Polygon Wood, Belgium, World War I, 1917. Soldiers from a British regiment from the North of England throwing grenades at a German position

Boer trenches and crest of Harts Hill, scene of the Irish Brigades famous charge, Colenso, 1901
Boer trenches and crest of Harts Hill, Colenso, South Africa, 1901. Scene of the Irish Brigades famous charge. The Battle of Colenso (15th December 1899)

Boer trench, Tugela River, South Africa, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Boer trench, Tugela River, South Africa, 1901. The Tugela River was the scene of fighting in late 1899 and early 1900 as the British attempted to cross in order to attempt to relieve the Siege of

Side view of a Boer trench at the foot of Hlangwane Hill, South Africa, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Side view of a Boer trench at the foot of Hlangwane Hill, South Africa, 1901. Trenches used by the Boers in their victory over the British at the Battle of Colenso on 15th December 1899

Spion Kop, from a Boer trench on Krantz Kloot, South Africa, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Spion Kop, from a Boer trench on Krantz Kloot, South Africa, 1901. Stereoscopic card. In January 1900, the hill of Spion Kop was the scene of a major defeat for the British army under General Sir

Repulse of the Russians, Battle of Kars, Turkey, Crimean War, 29 September 1855, (1857). Artist: G Greatbach
Repulse of the Russians, Battle of Kars, Turkey, Crimean War, 29 September 1855, (1857). Engraving from Englands Battles by Sea and Land, Volume V, Russia and Turkey

Clearing the remaining Germans out of the trenches by hand grenages, 1900s. Artist: Crown
Clearing the remaining Germans out of the trenches by hand grenages, 1900s. Stereoscopic card. Detail

An advanced trench held by Dogras and an Indian Cavalry machine-gun section, 1900s
An advanced trench held by Dogras and an Indian cavalry machine-gun section, 1900s. Stereoscopic card. Detail

King Albert of Belgium in the trenches, First World War, 1914. Artist: PF Richie
King Albert of Belgium in the trenches, First World War, 1914. King Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934) at the front. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

A Kiss from the Trenches, (c1920). Artist: John E Sutcliffe
A Kiss from the Trenches, (c1920). A woman sitting in front of a fire imagines her sweetheart, who is fighting in the First World War, bending down to kiss her

French soldiers carrying a wounded companion from the front, First World War, 1917, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War

A collapsed British dugout, Mesopotamia, WWI, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918

British troops on the Somme Heights, France, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918

The periscope in use in a French trench, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Artist: Sphere
The periscope in use in a French trench, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918

The Kings Liverpool regiment waiting for the Germans, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Artist: Topical Press Agency
The men of the Kings Liverpool regiment waiting for the Germans, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European

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