WWI - 1916, France 220695-03 | Footage Farm

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On the British Army.
Units move into trenches near Fricourt-Mametz - preparations before battle. Platoons of the Buffs, Bedfords, Suffolks & Royal Welsh Fusiliers march forward near Bray. French peasants work in fields & tend artillery horses. Troops pose with pet fox. Artillery shells are unloaded & an artillery barrage is laid down. Officers address the Lancashire Fusiliers.
08:45:08 Howitzers shelling the German first line trenches of Mametz. London Scottish and East Yorkshires march to trenches. Manchester's religious services before the attack. Torpedoes ("plum puddings") for wire clearing are brought up and fired from mortar. Firing 9.2 inch Howitzers.
WW1 Battle of the Somme; France; Documentary;