Image:Aerial view Loos-Hulluch trench system July 1917.jpg

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Description
English: An aerial reconnaissance photograph of the opposing trenches and no-man's land between Loos and Hulluch in Artois, France, taken at 7.15 am, 22 July 1917. German trenches are at the right and bottom, British trenches are at the top left. The vertical line to the left of centre indicates the course of a pre-war road or track.
Source

Imperial War Museum catalogue number Q 45786
Date

22 July 1917
Author

Unknown
Permission
(Reusing this image)
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  2. It is a photograph or an engraving created by the United Kingdom Government and commercially published prior to 1958; or
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Camera location

50°28′18″N, 2°48′21″E

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