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Ancre sector 1 July 1916

Map of the Ancre River sector of the Somme battlefield on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. British front line is shown in red. German trenches are shown in blue. German barbed wire is shown as dotted blue lines. The British divisions attacking on this sector were the British 29th Division at Beaumont Hamel and the 36th (Ulster) Division between the Ancre and Thiepval. The British 4th Division was attacking to the north towards Serre. The British 49th (West Riding) Division was in reserve. The sector was defended by the German 26th Reserve Division which had three regiments - 99th Reserve, 119th Reserve and 121st Reserve - in the front-line. The progress of the British 109th Brigade which captured the Schwaben Redoubt is shown.

Date
November 21, 2004
Mapmaker / publisher
Gsl
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
990 × 1,240 pixels

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