E04942C

E04942C

Image copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

ID number
E04942C
Object type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Place made
Western Front: Western Front (France), Aisne, Hindenburg Line Area
Date made
3 October 1918
Collection
Photograph
Description
Bodies of American troops laid out in an American cemetery near the road leading to Gillemont Farm and Bony. They were killed in the fighting near Gillemont Farm on 29 September when the 27th American Division attacked over the main Hindenburg Line and suffered many casualties. Note the white crosses lying over each body. This is the right hand image in a three part panorama. See E04942P for the combined image.

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