[Aerial view of battlefield, France]

Aerial photograph of a battlefield, France, July 25, 1918. A group of advancing British troops is labeled in white pencil.

Inscription: "35.Æ.A.84. [illegible] E.8.c. 25.7.18 - 10:15. F=20."

Inscription on album page: "British front line. Small black dots are helmets of advancing troops. A remarkable picture showing how attack can be seen from air. Picture on next page shows same troops caught in German barrage in front of Boche lines."

Part of Album One from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

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