Illustrations

1. The 1st Lancashire Fusiliers being addressed by their divisional commander, General de Lisle, at Mailly-Maillet, June 29, 1916
2. A British twelve-inch howitzer in action, July 1, 1916
3. Empty eighteen-pounder shell cases, July 1, 1916
4. Men of Tyneside Irish Brigade attacking La Boisselle, July 1, 1916
5. Three fifteen-inch shells ready to be dispatched by men of the Royal Marine Artillery, Bécourt, August 3, 1916
6. King George V watching a practice trench attack near Sailly, August 14, 1916
7. David Lloyd George emerging from a captured German dugout, September 12, 1916
8. British tanks on the battlefield, Le Flers, September 15, 1916
9. British cavalry on the march near Hardecourt Wood, September 18, 1916
10. German soldiers in a military hospital at Beelitz, in Silesia, among them Adolf Hitler
11. German graves: part of the German military cemetery at Fricourt
12. British and French graves at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Ovillers