The Thiepval memorial to the thousands who died at the Battle of the Somme When President Hollande attends the centenary on Friday, he will be the first French head of state at a Somme commemoration ...
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Horses carrying ammunition through knee-deep mud, Péronne in ruins, soldiers walking across the frozen Somme, Gordon Highlanders marching to the trenches – 100 years after the Battle of the Somme, ...
On July 1, 1916, the first shots were fired in what would become one of the bloodiest engagements in human history, the 141-day Battle of the Somme. It was nearly two years into what was then being ...
Very successful attack this morning… All went like clockwork… The battle is going very well for us and already the Germans are surrendering freely … – Haig, on day one of the Somme: 19,000 British ...
On this first day of July, exactly 100 years ago, the peoples of the British Empire suffered the greatest military disaster in their history. A century later, “the Somme” remains the most harrowing ...
FeatureOn the site of the bloodiest battle of World War I, residents of Ovillers-la-Boisselle uphold the tradition of the bagpipers from Scottish, Irish, Canadian and Australian regiments who lost ...
The Somme battlefield is bisected by the old Roman road between Albert and Bapaume. In 1916, Albert, an attractive cathedral town, was behind the British lines, the last vestige of civilisation before ...
Thousands of people, including members of the Royal Family, have attended a ceremony in France to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke ...
When President Hollande attends the centenary on Friday, he will be the first French head of state at a Somme commemoration in more than 80 years. President De Gaulle did not attend the 50th ...
Medals of soldier who took part in Christmas Truce sell for £2,100 at auction ...
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