A rifle and face from the past-
These images, scanned from old glass negatives which had surfaced in northern France, were believed to have been taken by a local amateur photographer in 1916.
They showed British and a few Australian soldiers, in formal or informal poses, during or just before the most murderous battle in the history of the British Empire – Battle of the Somme.
(Property of Bernard Gardin/Dominique Zanardi/Joel Scribe/The Independent Magazine)
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A man with a sword may talk of peace.A man with out a sword may talk of peace,but he must talk very fast indeed.