2651322 Our Advance to (La) Boiselle, July 1916 (w/c) by Handley-Read, Captain Edward Henry (1869-1935); 48x62.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Showing the view from around Keats Redan across Mash Valley towards the ruins of Contalmaison on the horizon. It was in this area, on the 1st July, that the first of what would become 141 days of fighting, known as the Battle of the Somme began. Records show that on the 17th/18th July there was a German gas bombardment mixing chlorine and phosgene which may produced the effect shown in the image.); 穢 Liss Fine Art; English, out of copyright.