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Trench, German second line, near Montauban, Somme battlefield, 1916 with stretcher
Photograph showing the effects of the British artillery bombardment on the Somme on the German second line near Montauban.

YMCA driver with YMCA van, 3rd Army, France 1918
Photograph of a YMCA driver of the British 3rd Army with his van in France.

Sudan Expedition 1898
Tents pitched in a camp on the bank of the River Nile, next to a steam riverboat moored nearby.

Sudan Expedition 1898
British Officer in pith helmet and white trousers and holding a cane standing in front of a campsite.

Sudan Expedition 1898
Three riverboats tied together, the middle one a steam ship flying the Turkish flag, sailing up the River Nile.

Sudan Expedition 1898
British officers and soldiers in pith helmets and tropical uniforms on parade under palm trees.

Sudan Expedition 1898
Two Sudanese boys sitting on a log in a field with the River Nile in the background.

Sudan Expedition 1898
British soldiers disembarking from a river steam ship moored on the banks of the River Nile, while a local man kneels with his son in the foreground.

Sudan Expedition 1898
British soldiers standing in front of the tents of a campsite pitched in the shade of some trees, their belts hanging from a tree behind.