![British troops having a dinner in a front line trench, Eaucourt l'Abbaye, October 1916, John Warwick Brooke. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM (Q 4388).](https://www.centenaryww1orange.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Eaucourt-lAbbaye-300x242.jpg)
British troops eating dinner in a front line trench, Eaucourt l’Abbaye, October 1916, John Warwick Brooke. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM (Q 4388).
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