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  Item Reference: SPEARS 10/1/76

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Photographs from the collection of Major Gen Sir Edward Louis Spears (1886-1974). 15th June The Somme. Suzanne Maricourt Valley, on the left Bois Billow, in the distance Peronne road. The place was alive with guns and workers living by the grace of the Boche a few 100 yards away.

Collection

The Ruins Of France (Part 6) - Deepening Conflict: Spears, E

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This sixth instalment of photography from the collection of Major General Sir Edward Spears chronicles a deepening conflict: use of aerial reconnaissance, artillery in action, the bombardment of the enemy. It also illustrates the comradeship of allies and snatched moments of laughter amid the slaughter,…

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