2-961-948 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Le glorieux ballon; Le ballon, qui sera legendaire, du 8e East Surrey', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916". Soldiers of the East Surrey Regiment kicked footballs ahead of them as they charged the German lines at Montauban at the Battle of the Somme.