‘A Bosche sniper worries a Section of Seaforths who are snatching a moment’s respite’, 1915...

‘A Bosche sniper worries a Section of Seaforths who are snatching a moment’s respite’, 1915 circa. Photograph, World War One, Western Front, 1915 circa. Snipers were a constant menace to soldiers in the front line. The average number of daily British casualties throughout the First World War (1914-1918), outside the periods of offensive operations, was almost 500 per day. Most of these were attributable to shellfire and sniping. From a collection of one hundred and one stereoscopic photographs in box one of two entitled ‘The Great War’ including the official series.