The Battle of the Somme, 1 July – 18 November 1916
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bazentin_Ridge" class="extiw" title="en:Battle of Bazentin Ridge">Battle of Bazentin Ridge</a> 14 -17 July: The Deccan horse drawn up in ranks in the Carnoy Valley waiting for the opportunity to attack. It was intended that cavalry forces should take over the advance after the infantry had breached the defences but their opportunity never occurred during months of battle.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ernest_Brooks_(photographer)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Ernest Brooks (photographer)"><span title="British photographer">Ernest Brooks</span></a>
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1916-07-14
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<td>This photograph <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=Q+821">Q 821</a> comes from the collections of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/">Imperial War Museums</a>.
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