the first day on the Somme Roberts, Andrew 1963- creator text London Head of Zeus 2015 monographic eng

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x, 291 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. On 1st July 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and 5 French divisions launched their long-awaited 'Big Push' on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a terrible cost. In killing-grounds whose names are indelibly imprinted on 20th-century memory, German machine-guns - manned by troops who had sat out the storm of shellfire in deep dugouts - inflicted terrible losses on the British infantry. Andrew Roberts evokes the pity and the horror of the blackest day in the history of the British army - a summer's day-turned-hell-on-earth by modern military technology - in the words of casualties, survivors, and the bereaved -- Andrew Roberts. Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270) and index. e-fr--- Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 D 545.S7 9781784080013 (hardback) 1784080012 9781784080006 (eBook) 2015513478 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1606/2015513478-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1606/2015513478-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1606/2015513478-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1606/2015513478-d.html BTCTA 241220 20241220100504.0 18856226 eng