Sunken Lane, Beaumont-Hamel – The Somme, 1916

The east bank of the lane lay in a slight dip which concealed men getting out of it but two steps brought them out into exposure and the bulk of the first wave got no further than the edge of the dip where they were swept away in swathes.

Sunken Lane, Beaumont-Hamel – The Somme, 1916
Sunken Lane, Beaumont-Hamel – The Somme, 1916

The east bank of the lane lay in a slight dip which concealed men getting out of it but two steps brought them out into exposure and the bulk of the first wave got no further than the edge of the dip where they were swept away in swathes.