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The Somme front
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

The Somme front

McBey, James, 1883-1959 · 1917

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Ragged tree stumps and a shell-hole, full of water, represent what was once the village of Combles. Against the sky on the left are two heavy guns, with camouflage netting over them.

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