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العربية: خندقٌ ألماني سيطر عليه الجُنود البريطانيُّون، يقع على مقرُبة من طريق بلدة ألبير - باپوم في شمال فرنسا، خلال شهر تمُّوز (يوليو) سنة 1916 خلال معركة السوم . ينتمي هؤلاء الرجال إلى السريَّة أ، بالكتيبة الحادية عشر، بفوج شيشاير .
English: A German trench occupied by British Soldiers near the Albert - Bapaume road at Ovillers-la-Boisselle , July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme . The men are from A Company, 11th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment .
Deutsch: Ein von britischen Soldaten des Cheshire Regiments besetzter deutscher Schützengraben in der Nähe der Albert-Bapaume-Straße bei Ovillers-la-Boisselle , Juli 1916 während der Schlacht an der Somme .
Français : Une tranchée britannique près de la route Albert-Bapaume à Ovillers-La Boisselle, durant la bataille de la Somme , en Juillet 1916. Les hommes photographiés appartiennent au 11ème bataillon du régiment du Cheshire.
Türkçe: Somme Çarpışması sırasında bir siperde Britanya 22. "Cheshire" Alay 11. Tabur A Bölüğe bağlı bir er. (Albert-Bapaume yolu üzerinde Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Temmuz 1916)
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This photograph Q 3990 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-13)
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John Warwick Brooke (1886–1929) wikidata:Q29267899
John Warwick Brooke
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Warwick Brooke
Description British photographer
Date of birth/death 30 May 1886 Edit this at Wikidata 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uxbridge
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A German trench occupied by British soldiers of the Cheshire Regiment near the Albert-Bapaume road at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme.

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