Battle Of The Ancre November 1916 Editorial Image

Vintage map plan of the Ancre Battle, indicating the advances made by the British troops during the ten days fighting, November 11th to 21st, 1916. The Battle of the Ancre, was fought by the British Fifth Army, against the German 1st Army. The Reserve Army had been renamed the Fifth Army on 30 October. The battle was the last of the big British attacks of the Battle of the Somme.