2-753-032 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Glorious Charge of the Fusiliers at St. Eloi', 1916. The Battle of St. Eloi was fought from 27 March to 16 April 1916 in a landscape pitted by mine explosions, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers advanced and lost only one man before reaching the German wire, finding German survivors ready to surrender. From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VI. The Spring and Summer Campaign of 1916", edited by J. A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1916]