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... at the battles of the Somme. The last battle of the Somme was to storm the fortress of Beaumont Hamel, ‘‘the significance of that curiously neglected last battle” being the subject of the last chapter. Acknowledging that the first day of the ...
... succeeded but sometimes failed, and four more lines have generally succeeded.” The casualties in the battles of the Somme were horendous. The first day of battle, Ist July, 1916, the Corps suffered more than 14,000 casualties. One Division lost 223 officers ...