"No Man's Land" in front of Canadian lines at Courcelette, October, 1916. The photo shows Canadian dead and shelling in the background. Photo from album which possibly belonged to Lt Reginald Vigars Prenter (RVP), 72nd Bn. The Battle of Flers–Courcelette (15–22 September 1916) was fought during the Battle of the Somme in France, by the French Sixth Army and the British Fourth Army and Reserve Army, against the German 1st Army, during the First World War. CEF service file of Capt. William Ivor Castle attached.