| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 332 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314) and index. |
| Contents |
Prelude: 'Chewing barbed wire' -- The prospect: 'To break through and win victory' -- June 1916: 'There is much in the wind' -- The first day of the battle: 'Dead men can advance no further' -- The first full week of battle: 'It looked like victory' -- The last three weeks of July: 'Boys of the bull dog breed' -- Fromelles: 'A bloody holocaust' -- Pozières: 'Death grinning at you from all around' -- The battle continues: 'A little uneasy in regard to the situation' -- Criticism and commitment: 'Under no circumstances must we relax our effort' -- Both sides fight on: 'This fantasy of woe' -- The continuing struggle: 'I am in God's keeping' -- The arrival of the tanks: 'We are feeling top dogs' -- The struggle intensifies: 'eath and decomposition strew the ground' -- October 1916: The grand design begins -- The soldiers' sacrifice: 'What else had they been born for? -- The first two weeks of November: 'The mud of the moment' -- The final battle: 'A light from our household is gone' -- Aftermath on the Somme: November 1916 to November 1918 -- Epilogue: 'We feel proud to be able to cry.' |
| Subject |
Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.
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| ISBN |
0805081275 |
| Standard No. |
9780805081275 |
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