The Somme: Herosim and Horror in the First World WarFrom one of our most distinguished historians, an authoritative and vivid account of the devastating World War I battle that claimed more than 300,000 lives |
Contents
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There is much in the wind | 31 |
Dead men | 50 |
It looked like | 91 |
Boys of the Bull | 105 |
A bloody holocaust | 121 |
A little uneasy in regard | 134 |
This fantasy of woe | 157 |
firstday objectives and the plan for a breakthrough | 278 |
The first day of battle 1 July 1916 | 279 |
the attack on the German trench lines I July 1916 | 280 |
1 July 1916 | 281 |
1 July 1916 | 282 |
The eastern sector of the British line 1 July 1916 | 283 |
The fighting from 2 to 31 July 1916 | 284 |
The fighting in August 1916 | 285 |
I am in Gods keeping | 172 |
Death | 192 |
The Grand Design begins | 205 |
The | 225 |
November 1916 | 243 |
Europe on the eve of war June 1914 | 272 |
The Western Front line of trenches from the North Sea to the Swiss border | 273 |
The British Expeditionary Force sector of the front under Haigs command | 274 |
The Somme region before the battle | 275 |
NewfoundlandBritain Gallipolithe Somme | 276 |
Preparing for battle AprilJune 1916 | 277 |
The fighting in September 1916 | 286 |
The October Plan 1916 | 287 |
The fighting in October and from 1 to 11 November 1916 | 288 |
The fighting on the Ancre 1218 November 1916 | 289 |
The Somme battlefield March 1918 | 290 |
The Somme battlefield August 1918 | 291 |
British counties whose regiments fought on the Somme | 292 |
Places in Britain mentioned in the text | 293 |
Approximate size of army formations | 305 |