Tommy enjoys possession of newly captured Hun trench

British soldiers at the old German Front Line during World War I. In front of a mound and standing in a network of trenches are groups of soldiers, mostly smiling and laughing. They are all wearing large ponchos, and the ground is very muddy. One soldier is pointing to a sign which says the "old hun line."

"Tommy Atkins" was a fictional hero figure representing the average British soldier. The slang British term used here for German, "Hun," gained popular usage after Kaiser Wilhelm II urged his troops to "behave like Huns" to win the war.

[Original reads: "OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SOMME ADVANCE - Tommy enjoys possession of newly captured Hun trench."]