Title	In action East of Roye
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Subjects	Warfare Arms & armament Artillery (weaponry) Campaigns & battles Military art & science World War, 1914-1918
Education Tags	US.28 World War I
Description	A battle in progress east of Roye.
Date	Approximately 1914-1918
Type	Still Image
Digital format	Image/jp2
ID#	33123
Collection name	Karl Kleeman World War I Photographs
Place	Roye (Somme, France)
Historical note	The battle of Somme, fought in the summer and autumn of 1916, was one of the largest battles of World War I. With more than one million casualties, it was also one of the bloodiest battles in history. The Allied forces attempted to break through the; German lines along a 25 mile front north and south of the River Somme in Northern France. One purpose of the battle was to draw German forces away from the Battle of Verdun; however, by its end the losses on the Somme had exceeded those at Verdun. By the
Accession number	2006-059
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
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