Somme 1 July 1916 Binders & Portfolios The player who's earned the

The player who's earned the most prestige wins the game

Paul Cartledge

What she needs is a friend - a big one with fur

where lines that would remain almost static for the rest of the war were established

Somme 1 July 1916 Binders & Portfolios The player who's earned theThe first day of the battle of the Somme has always been perceived as a day of tragedy for the British Army, with the slaughter of 60,000 men on the battlefield. What seemed to be poor planning on the part of the British command meant that soldiers were sent into no man's land to face the horrors of uncut barbed wire and waves of German machine gun fire. However, there were triumphs amongst the tragedy. This book discusses the successes and failures