| 单词 | Somme |
| 例句 | “He was a very nice boy. He was going to marry me and he was killed in the Somme.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z At the same time, the master quarryman was sent to supervise fifty apprentice stone cutters and two hundred and fifty laborers who would work in the Somme valley, an area known for its limestone. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z The Germans had launched new attacks in France, between the Somme and Arve rivers and were now claiming to have taken ninety thousand prisoners. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The swagger and display that recruited young men to be destroyed at Ypres and the Somme, even the carefully choreographed moments of remembrance, will most likely be used to avoid discussion. Should the country spend £55m to commemorate the first world war? 2013-05-25T16:45:01Z British infantrymen in a shallow trench before an advance during the Battle of the Somme. First world war centenary events will be 'respectful and useful' 2013-06-10T11:31:08Z Almost equally powerful is the juxtaposition of the assault on the Somme with the sight of an Accrington girl breaking down as she sings Edward German's O Peaceful England. The Accrington Pals – review 2013-01-22T12:14:09Z "The Missing of the Somme," by Geoff Dyer, is as elegant and poignant as it is slim. 'The Missing of the Somme': Geoff Dyer on the lingering losses of WWI 2011-08-31T21:32:07Z At Cannae, the best estimate is that Hannibal's army killed 70,000 Romans – a death toll similar to that of the first day of the Battle of the Somme. A story of Hannibal offers a lesson to the modern world 2010-07-06T13:13:00Z “He’d lost two of his dearest friends on the Somme, and you can imagine he must have been inside as much of a wreck as he was physically,” Garth said. A new J.R.R. Tolkien book hits shelves, 100 years after it was conceived 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z I spent time in a farmhouse on the old British front line on the Somme, where I found a shell casing in a forest and saw the great arch at Thiepval. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks 2012-07-06T21:43:01Z Born into a working-class family, a talented draftsman by the time he was a teenager, Dix volunteered for the German Army during World War I and saw the carnage of the Battle of the Somme. Week Ahead: Aug. 22 ? 28 2010-08-19T14:57:00Z “I was a descendant of those men who in letters home described the first day of the Somme as ‘trying.’ Books by Melanie Finn, Alexandra Kleeman, Robert Seethaler and Margot Livesey 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z The story reopens in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme, where Matthew is an officer trying to keep his troops alive in an unending cascade of explosions and carnage. Critic?s Notebook: ?Downton Abbey? Stokes Flames for Season 2 - Review 2012-01-06T17:33:23Z The film also touches on Mallory's experiences in the first world war, where he fought at the Somme. George Mallory and Everest: did he get to the top? Film revisits 1920s climb 2010-08-27T15:47:00Z The Commonwealth War Graves Commission erected the Thiepval Memorial with the names of more than 72,000 soldiers who were killed in the Battle of the Somme but who have no known grave. ‘Downton Abbey’ and History: A Look Back 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The international register includes the haunting filmed record of the first world war, The Battle of the Somme. Five more British silent films Unesco should register 2013-07-12T12:36:01Z But the play, which spans the period up to the battle of the Somme in July 1916, is less about the men than the women they left behind, and their growing sense of solidarity. The Accrington Pals – review 2013-01-22T12:14:09Z For our predecessors, it was the Somme, the Great Depression, the Holocaust or Vietnam; for my generation, it was The Phantom Menace. JK Rowling should remember that less means more in the Potterverse 2011-08-20T23:05:38Z Pigeons were also used by the French to capture the position of the German army in the First World War, most notably at the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of Somme. The Origins of Aerial Photography 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Crouched at the Somme, the poet Ivor Gurney read “The Fringes of the Fleet,” Kipling’s booklet of naval sketches, while in London, Edward Elgar set Kipling’s poems to music; they were performed to sold-out halls. When Rudyard Kipling’s Son Went Missing 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z He had to be just to live through the Battle of the Somme, in which one-third of his battalion died in the initial attack. Why isn’t David Jones famous? 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z George Butterworth's Love Blows as the Wind Blows is a group of four settings of WE Henley from 1912, though not published until after the composer's death on the Somme four years later. Maltman/Nash Ensemble – review 2013-02-25T16:00:00Z A born climber, he fought at the Somme, was devoted to his wife Ruth but obsessed with conquering Everest: "a determined and bitter enemy". Film review: The Wildest Dream 2010-09-23T22:07:00Z We are reminded that Tolkien first drafted this story while in the hospital recuperating from the Battle of the Somme. Review | J.R.R. Tolkien’s latest posthumous book may actually be the last 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Matthew Crawley and the servant Thomas Barrow encounter each other in the trenches of Somme, France. ‘Downton Abbey’ and History: A Look Back 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z In the description of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, death comes so thick that the narrative cannot pause for individuals. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks 2012-06-29T21:55:11Z The Commonwealth War Graves Commission erected the Thiepval Memorial with the names of more than 72,000 soldiers who were killed in the Battle of the Somme but who have no known grave. ‘Downton Abbey’ and History: A Look Back 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z And it’s written somewhere, chronologically speaking, between the battlefields of the Somme and the concentration camps erected by my compatriots. The Unsaid: The Silence of Virginia Woolf 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Refusing leave and rebelling against what he calls a mechanical abbatoir, he cries, on the eve of the battle of the Somme, "some crime against nature is about to be committed." Birdsong 2010-09-28T23:36:00Z Names like the Somme and Verdun — site of the war’s longest battle and one of the costliest battles in human history — are eternal symbols of the sacrifice. 100 years later: Returning to World War I’s Western Front in France 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Over the top … British soldiers at the Somme. The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark – review 2013-07-19T17:00:01Z Of all the no man’s lands, perhaps none have been made so much of as the ones along the Somme River, in northeastern France. J.R.R. Tolkien’s war experiences inspire his grandson’s novel, ‘No Man’s Land’ 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z I didn't like that, because the casualty rate was worse than the Somme. Charlie Watts: 'Glastonbury? I don't want to do it' 2013-04-04T14:00:00Z In a single day of the Battle of the Somme, 60,000 British soldiers bit the dust — butchered in brutal ways by technology that they didn’t yet know how to combat. Downton Abbey Watch: Missing In Action 2012-01-23T14:00:44Z It is also important to remember this was a true world war: it was not only fought on the fields of Flanders and the Somme. First world war: next year, let's remember a world, rather than a British, conflict 2013-07-23T04:00:00Z In the first chapter, he described Cappy, a desolate French town near the bank of the Somme River: A wall. The search for Hurricane Katrina survivors: Door to door in St. Bernard Parish 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Inspector Ian Rutledge, the Scotland Yard detective in Charles Todd’s moody mysteries, survived the battle of the Somme but returned home from World War I suffering from shell shock. Murders Most Foul 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z When World War One broke out in 1914, he volunteered for the army and served on various frontlines, including the Somme, until he was wounded and discharged from service in 1918. Gallery finds art by Nazi-branded "degenerate" Dix 2011-08-31T18:14:50Z Martin Skegg Deep in a tunnel beneath the Somme, a poem is scratched on the rock in pencil: "If in this place you are detained, don't look around you all in vain". TV highlights 20/05/2013 2013-05-20T06:00:13Z As Cockerell explains, the office was set up in the wake of the Somme fiasco in 1916 with a view to coordinating all government departments. Tonight's TV highlights: Great British Food Revival 2011-03-16T00:05:01Z Television and movies are newly dedicated to telling the stories of the Somme. Downton Abbey Watch: Missing In Action 2012-01-23T14:00:44Z The Somme American Cemetery is located a half mile southwest of the village of Bony — both in the Aisne department. 100 years later: Returning to World War I’s Western Front in France 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The central episode in the book is the battle of the Somme. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks 2012-06-22T21:55:12Z They went on to organise the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914, which resulted in the bloodbaths of the Somme, Verdun and Gallipoli. The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark – review 2013-07-19T17:00:01Z Men dressed as First World War soldiers mingle with regular commuters aboard an underground tube train in London, to mark 100-years since the start of the Battle of the Somme, early Friday July 1, 2016. WWI soldiers mingle with commuters in artist's Somme tribute 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z While there, he fought in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July to 13 November, costing more than one million casualties. Hobbit author's WW1 revolver shown 2013-12-11T13:38:26Z Near France’s Somme River, Allied forces tried repeatedly nonetheless to break through the German trench line. London’s Imperial War Museum takes visitors back into the trenches 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Jackson’s goal was to reconnect audiences with the soldiers in a way even more intimate than “The Battle of the Somme” did. How Peter Jackson Made WWI Footage Seem Astonishingly New 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Or the exquisite horror of the school’s United Nations Day, which Audra approaches with dread equal to the Battle of the Somme. Looking for a blissful summer novel? Here it is: ‘Standard Deviation’ 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of ordinary servicemen, and some women, were killed or mutilated at the Somme and Ypres; because they were recruited together, entire villages, households, and families were decimated in a single day. The Stunning Grounds, and Tragic History, of the Lost Gardens of Heligan 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z In the battle of the Somme more than half the Accrington Pals were dead within the first half hour. The Accrington Pals; Di and Viv and Rose; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show – review 2013-01-27T00:06:22Z A World War I veteran who survived the horrific battle of the Somme, Tolkien valued imaginary worlds, a sense of whimsy and a peaceful pipe before the fire. ‘The Hobbit’: overstuffed but jaw-dropping | Movie review 2012-12-13T03:01:34Z “I have a rendezvous with death,” begins the famous poem by Alan Seeger, who died at the Battle of the Somme while volunteering in the French Foreign Legion. 100 years later: Returning to World War I’s Western Front in France 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The allies, bloodied at the Somme and Verdun, hated trench warfare and desperately tried for a breakthrough. 'With Their Bare Hands' tracks America's ascension to military power during WWI 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z One bright, generic abstract painting is titled “Somme,” conjuring the horrific World War I battle. Art in Review: Josephine Meckseper 2014-01-16T22:50:41Z During the Battle of the Somme, in July 1916, he was awarded a high honor for bravery — the Military Cross — and in 1917 he was hit by a sniper’s bullet at the Battle of Arras. Siegfried Sassoon’s World War I Diaries Become Available Online 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z In the late 1970s, during a terrifying winter in Fargo, North Dakota, I wrote my novella Old Soldiers, which is concerned with two survivors of the Battle of the Somme. Author, author: Paul Bailey 2011-01-15T00:05:47Z But behind those stories was the “geological presence” of the First World War, a subject he wrote about in “The Missing of the Somme,” an elliptical book about remembrance. ArtsBeat: A Great War Reading List at PEN World Voices Festival 2014-05-02T18:57:31Z Ypres, Verdun, the Somme, Gallipoli and Tannenberg are names that live on in history books. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation In “Three Armies on the Somme,” military historian William Philpott speaks of an airman’s view of the Verdun battlefield, describing it akin to “the humid skin of a monstrous toad.” How poppies, strong and fragile, became a symbol of WWI devastation 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Back in the main galleries, a vast exhibit on 1916’s Battle of the Somme offers a sense of how stalemates developed in the trenches. London’s Imperial War Museum takes visitors back into the trenches 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Describing the horrors at the Somme, where his father was gassed, he appears to grow downhearted, pausing to reflect on how the war’s shadow lingers even 70 years later. Sir John Keegan, Historian Who Put a Face on War, Dies at 78 2012-08-03T01:01:09Z Matthew Crawley and the servant Thomas Barrow encounter each other in the trenches of Somme, France. ‘Downton Abbey’ and History: A Look Back 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Joey, meanwhile, has been captured by the Germans and put to work pulling an ambulance cart in a casualty clearance station in the Somme Valley. London hit "War Horse" makes thrilling Broadway bow 2011-04-18T03:57:08Z The death of Asquith’s eldest son on the Somme, the news delivered by telephone, is hard to read. Telling tales 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Lamb of the Hampshire Constabulary, who served on the Somme in the previous war, cuts a dashing figure as the sleuth in charge of the investigation. Puzzles and Paradoxes: Marilyn Stasio’s Latest Crime Column 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z A stream of stretchers bearing the wounded winds through a silent 1916 film about the Battle of the Somme. First World War Galleries Reopen at Imperial War Museum 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z He didn't serve at the Somme, though he may have played through it once or twice in a video game. George R. R. Martin's Dance with Dragons: A Masterpiece Worthy of Tolkien 2011-07-07T03:45:00Z Multimedia displays capture the vast tragedy of the Battle of the Somme, which saw 20,000 British soldiers killed in one day. UK museum looks at epic, intimate sides of WWI 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z A walk in Picardy may explain the Somme battlefield's logistics of attrition, and Van Dyck's portraiture of the 1630s captures courtiers who would soon be killing each other. The bare bones of belief 2010-07-29T18:00:00Z I now know what our men must have gone through at the Somme. Counting One's Blessings: The Selected Letters of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, edited by William Shawcross – digested read 2012-10-14T18:00:02Z Butterworth composed these songs before dying in the battle of the Somme. Songs for squaddies: the war musical Lads in Their Hundreds 2010-05-19T21:30:00Z He hadn't seen a thing since the mud of the Somme. Once upon a life 2010-05-01T23:35:00Z He fought at the Somme and Verdun, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. Battlefields: Recent Books in Military History 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z "He took up beekeeping to get over what he saw at the Battle of the Somme." How many bees does it take to seal an Act of Parliament? 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z The crucifix was returned on Saturday, which was the 107th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. Crucifix returned from England to France after 107 years 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z The British and the Germans had their own battle of attrition along the Somme River. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z A crucifix plucked from the rubble of the Somme battlefield and brought to England is to be returned to its original home in France. Rutland village to return Somme crucifix after 107 years 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Henri Matisse painted this inexpressibly moving painting in the summer of 1916, in the early days of the Somme offensive, one of the deadliest battles in history. Perspective | Matisse’s — and maybe the 20th century’s — great masterpiece Yet the muddy killing fields of the Somme give the women something to define themselves against. A novelist makes a beautiful hash out of feminist histories. But something's missing 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Military historian John Keegan, in his 1978 masterpiece “The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme,” explored the often decisive element of fear in warfare — a topic frequently hushed up. Opinion | It’s not so easy to be a hero 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Starting on July 1, 1916, the Battle of the Somme began with British infantry charges that caused tens of thousands of deaths on the first day alone. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z During a stop in Roye, Somme, on Thursday Le Pen returned to her the bread and butter issues that have been her focus throughout the campaign, posing for photos and signing posters with truck drivers. Macron is closing in on second term as Marine Le Pen falters 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z "A second term for Emmanuel Macron would be a social disaster," she told journalists while campaigning in the Somme in northern France. French far-right candidate Le Pen says second Macron term would spell "social disaster" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z It was a rare piece of good news for Amiens, a picturesque town of more than 130,000 that straddles the Somme River. For Macron, France’s Troubled Industries Hit Home 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z It was introduced by the British in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Watchman V - also known as Somme - is the fifth mascot the Staffordshire Regimental Association has had since World War Two, attending more than 900 events. Burton upon Trent: Funeral held for regiment's dog 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Edward Ralph Dexter, son of an Army major who won a Military Cross at the Somme in World War One, was born on 15 May 1935, the family having moved to Italy on business. Innovator, attacking batsman and 'one of England's greatest' 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme, which began on 1 July 1916, was one of the deadliest battles in human history. Michelle O'Neill attends Dublin Somme commemoration 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z The booming guns from the Somme were a constant backdrop. Matisse painted the road ahead, with hope that it would be free from war British forces attacked the Germans northwest of Verdun, in the valley of the Somme River. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet in almost every L.A. neighborhood, the Fourth of July stuns the ears like the Battle of the Somme, and palm trees leap into flames like a scene from “Apocalypse Now.” Why is L.A. obsessed with fireworks? 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z But Hogan's teammate, Tipperary goalkeeper Frank Butler, was a former British soldier who had fought at the Somme. Bloody Sunday 1920: Croke Park killings remembered 100 years on 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Millie quickly remarried but her happiness was short-lived after 2nd Lt Shaw was killed in the second battle of the Somme in the last months of World War One. Peg Entwistle - a Hollywood tragedy born in Wales 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z They were the real backbone of Britain, the men who 25 years earlier had endured unimaginable suffering on the Somme. Review | Winston Churchill and the power of English myth 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z By the time the Battle of the Somme ended in November, each side had suffered more than half a million casualties. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His diary entry for July 1, 1916, describes the first day of the Battle of Somme. Diary from World War I discovered in barn, recounts bloody Battle of the Somme 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Even during the summer, with seaside-bound vacationers from around the region using the city’s streets and bridges over the Somme River, the roundabouts keep cars moving. Traffic Circles Are Everywhere in France. Not Everyone Is Happy. 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z A jury convicted Bardon, 45, at the Court of Assizes of the Somme. Man jailed over 2002 rape, death of bank manager 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The traumas of the Battle of the Somme are still fresh, leaving him with awful memories and a medal he neither wears nor talks about. Review: Sam Mendes' World War I drama '1917' is a technical triumph — and a half-successful experiment 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z In the Somme valley, the British gained about five miles. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Remembrance Sunday commemorations always hold "special significance" for him because his father was killed in 1918 and is buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery in the Somme, France, according to Blind Veterans UK. UK to mark Remembrance Day 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z The Somme prefecture said the bus left the road near an exit, but provided no further details. Report: 29 injured as bus from Paris to London flips over 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z The three siblings grew up in Amiens, the staid capital of the Somme department, in the north of France. Can Emmanuel Macron Stem the Populist Tide? 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Well, except for that loyal soldier named Sam who helps Tolkien during the Battle of the Somme. Review: 'Tolkien' fails to open a window into the mind behind 'The Lord of the Rings' 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Structurally and stylistically, “They Shall Not Grow Old” is indebted to these men, notably their 1916 film “Battle of the Somme,” arguably the world’s first war documentary, which broke box-office records on its release. Opinion | Peter Jackson’s new documentary isn’t perfect. But its implications are immense. 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In 1916, the World War I Battle of the Somme pitting British and French forces against German troops ended inconclusively after 4 1/2 months of bloodshed. Today in History 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z My mother grew up in the destruction of the Somme after World War I. My father was career military. WWI tributes: Trump’s disrespect 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z His older brother, Tommy, survived, despite being left for dead at the Somme, and hiding under dead bodies in no man’s land for three days to stay alive. 'A nation's thank you': 10,000 pay tribute to war dead in the people's procession 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z After five months at the site of one of the bloodiest battles in the war, the Somme, one soldier wrote that “everything visible or audible or tangible to the sense . . . is ugly beyond imagination.” On the 100th anniversary of WWI’s end, lessons on life in health care’s trenches 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The Last Post was played on the bugle that sounded the charge of the 36th Ulster Division at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, before a two-minute silence was observed. Armistice Day: remembering end of first world war 100 years on - live updates 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z But anyone who visits the military cemeteries in Flanders or the Somme battleground can see how the cult of the “fallen” slowly changed over time. Armistice Day: victory and beyond | Neal Ascherson 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z In such conditions, the British and French fought the Germans at the Battle of the Somme from July 1, 1916, until the following November. The day the guns fell silent 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z At first, “I focused on 19,240, the number killed on just the first day of the Battle of the Somme,” he said. A Somber World War I Memorial in London Seeks to Finally Lay the Fallen to Rest 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The big turning point came with a documentary called The Battle of the Somme, which lasts around 70 minutes. How WWI shaped the nature of screen news 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z By May, the former MP was fighting at Ypres before heading south to the Somme, with the 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards. WWI hero finally added to MPs' memorial 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z In Bradford, the writer JB Priestley went to a reunion dinner with his old battalion from the Somme, the 10th Duke of Wellington’s. Armistice Day: victory and beyond | Neal Ascherson 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z One battle, like the Somme in France could have up to a million casualties. Death in the final minutes of WWI highlighted folly of war 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z She will meet Mr Macron in Albert, a town in the heart of the Somme region which suffered heavy bombardment during World War One. PM to lay wreaths in France and Belgium 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z "When the Somme film was shown in 1916 the Dean of Durham was among those who protested at the depiction of death. But there were others who wanted to see the reality of war." How WWI shaped the nature of screen news 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z One battle, like the Somme in France, could have up to 1 million casualties. In the final hours of World War I, a terrible toll 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Douglas Haig was not as stupid a commander as he was soon made out to be, but the fearful slaughter on the Somme in July 1916 was senseless and his fault. Armistice Day: victory and beyond | Neal Ascherson 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Each represents a British and Commonwealth serviceman killed fighting in the Somme area of France. Elaborate preparations in UK to mark Armistice Day centenary 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z UK Prime Minister Theresa May will join Mr Macron on Friday at the Somme while President Trump will join dozens of world leaders for Sunday's ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Macron pushes for 'true European army' 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z It was the same archives which explained that Percy had been mortally wounded after the Royal Welch Fusiliers came under artillery fire while at the Somme. Wartime love letters rediscovered 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Thus at Chipilly, on the north bank of the Somme, we lost the high ground taken yesterday morning, although I hear this afternoon that it has been regained. The Battle of Amiens: how the Guardian reported 'rout and confusion' of German soldiers – August 1918 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z He’ll get a different education, with Shakespeare and the Battle of the Somme in the curriculum to add to his knowledge of the Lenape and the American Constitution. A New Citizen Decides to Leave the Tumult of Trump’s America 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z National Guard officials say 10 soldiers from the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will participate in a memorial event Wednesday at the Somme American Cemetery in Bony, France. NY Army National Guard soldiers touring WWI battlefields 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Theresa May is touring the Irish border, like a field-marshal surveying trenches on the Somme. Don’t worry, a no-deal Brexit won’t be allowed to happen | Simon Jenkins 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z His debut, The End of Eddy, was a raw account of growing up gay and bullied in a poor, working-class family in a post-industrial northern village in the Somme. Édouard Louis: 'I want to be a writer of violence. The more you talk about it, the more you can undo it' 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z South of the Somme there was opposition at Le Quesnel, near the Roye road, where pockets of Germans held most of the village during the night but fell back this morning. The Battle of Amiens: how the Guardian reported 'rout and confusion' of German soldiers – August 1918 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Her father Charles Ashton James was left wounded after being shot in the head during the Battle of the Somme, and she lost two godfathers and three uncles during World War One. Poppy seller to retire after 97 years 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Garth said the story was written by Tolkien while he was in hospital and convalescing directly after the Battle of the Somme. The Fall of Gondolin, 'new' JRR Tolkien book, to be published in 2018 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z His name became associated with the terrible casualties of battles such as the Somme. The men who had millions of lives in their hands 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Passchendaele, like the Somme, has come to symbolise the horrors of World War One. Passchendaele: The death of Jimmy Morgan and his mouth organ - BBC News 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Germans could be seen streaming east on all the roads, pressing across the Somme bridges. The Battle of Amiens: how the Guardian reported 'rout and confusion' of German soldiers – August 1918 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z From June 5 to June 7, these pockets of resistance slowed the Germans as they crossed the marshes of the Somme River at Hangst in the west and at Péronne in the east. Not Everyone Escaped at Dunkirk. This Is What Happened After the Rescue 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Perhaps his greatest stroke was the poignant 2016 Battle of the Somme centenary project that saw the ghosts of World War One soldiers materialise in towns and cities across the UK. A catwalk show with real people instead of models - and it was beautiful - BBC News 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Larger and perhaps more tragic battles, such as The Somme, Passchendale, and Verdun, loom larger in most discussions of the war. This Explosion Was the Biggest Blast Before Atomic Bombs 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z After training in Bedford, he went to France in May 1915 and saw two years of action in battles such as Arras and the Somme before moving to take part in Passchendaele. Passchendaele: The death of Jimmy Morgan and his mouth organ - BBC News 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z I saw over 3,500 of them in one great corps cage this morning – the first sweepings from the tank and the armoured-car drive south of the Somme. The Battle of Amiens: how the Guardian reported 'rout and confusion' of German soldiers – August 1918 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The 7th Panzer Division, led by Erwin Rommel, finally broke through in the west and charged 20 miles south of the Somme to cut off one British division, which retreated and later evacuated. Not Everyone Escaped at Dunkirk. This Is What Happened After the Rescue 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z A century after Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien came up with the story of Beren and Lúthien - following his return from the Battle of the Somme - it's being released. News Daily: How did the leaders' debate go? - BBC News 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Beren and Lúthien has been described as a "very personal story" that the Oxford professor thought up after returning from the Battle of the Somme. J. R. R. Tolkien book Beren and Lúthien published after 100 years - BBC News 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Carved into the base are the names of major battles fought in France and Belgium: the Somme, Ypres, the Lys, the Argonne, Montdidier. Its Flagstaff Light Aglow Again, a Park Is Ready for Memorial Day 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z He was then posted to France where he survived the opening day of the Battle of the Somme and many other battles. Liverpool memorial stone for Victoria Cross hero Albert White - BBC News 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Under its code name “tank,” the vehicle was first used in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme. World War I ushered in the century of oil: Now it’s necessary for national stability, security 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z The British introduced a large number of tanks to the battlefield for the first time in September 1916, during the battle of the Somme. Over There: WWI innovations still with us a century later 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Born into a bourgeois family of doctors in the northern city of Amiens in the Somme, at 16 he began a relationship with his drama teacher who was 24 years older. Emmanuel Macron: the French outsider who would be president 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Of all the no man’s lands, perhaps none have been made so much of as those along the Somme River, in northeastern France. Simon Tolkien’s ‘No Man’s Land:’ a haunting novel of WWI 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Six months ago, the last Loyalist paramilitary mural left in the town was removed from its prime site along the Corcrain Road and replaced by one memorialising the Ulster forces at the Somme. Northern Ireland: an uncertain peace 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z All of England marked the Battle of the Somme, the deadliest single battle in British history. Gautier museum educates public about World War I 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z It was the first of a series of regular displays, including local artworks, seasonal celebrations and a display marking the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Second calling: New lives for red telephone boxes - BBC News 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z The centenary of the battle of the Somme was widely commemorated. Readers’ books of the year 2016 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z "The last day of the Somme is a moment to reflect on the collective sacrifice of all those who fought and fell in such tragic numbers between 1 July and 18 November 1916," he added. Service to mark end of Battle of the Somme centenary - BBC News 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The accounts were gathered more than 40 years ago for a classic history of the Somme, written by Martin Middlebrook. Graphic eye-witness Somme accounts revealed - BBC News 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Museum in Gautier has acquired artifacts - dug from the trenches of France at the Battle of the Somme - for a special display this year. Gautier museum educates public about World War I 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z The British Army suffered almost 60,000 casualties on the first day of the Somme battle alone. Queen leads UK in honoring war dead on Remembrance Sunday 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The Imperial War Museums are releasing letters, photographs and memoirs donated by families of soldiers killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, the bloodiest clash in World War One. Remembrance Sunday: Services to honour war dead - BBC News 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The British invention was first used in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme. 'Lost' AA Milne poem on tanks found in Bovington archive - BBC News 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z George Rudge was only 17 at the Battle of the Somme and had given a false age when he enlisted. Graphic eye-witness Somme accounts revealed - BBC News 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z She did so a second time while on bail in June, the day before the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. Woman who urinated on Grays war memorial jailed - BBC News 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Remembrance events this year are especially poignant because 2016 marks the centenary of the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Jutland. Queen leads UK in honoring war dead on Remembrance Sunday 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The Mark IV tank, on which the replica is modelled, was first used in warfare in the Battle of the Somme on 15 September 1916. WW1 tank takes over Trafalgar Square for 100th anniversary - BBC News 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The tank was used for the first time on 15 September 1916 at the Battle of the Somme, inspiring fear in the German army despite a rocky start. How tanks made debut 100 years ago - BBC News 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z His grandson, George Ward, who lives in St Ives in Cambridgeshire, says they knew their grandfather had fought in World War One, but not that he had served on the first day of the Somme. Graphic eye-witness Somme accounts revealed - BBC News 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The tank, which would go on to dominate 20th Century warfare, first stormed on to the shattered battlefields of the Somme 100 years ago. Tank at 100: Baptism of fire, fear and blood - BBC News 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z South Yorkshire Police made an appeal for information in July to coincide with the Battle of the Somme anniversary. Police solve WW1 soldier medal mystery - BBC News 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z "For me this is one of the most significant cemeteries on the Somme battlefield." World War One photographic exhibition at Belfast City Hall reflects on the Somme - BBC News 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z This month is the centennial of the start of one of the bloodiest World War I battles, in the Somme, in northern France. Your Tuesday Briefing 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Do you have any family memories of the Somme? Graphic eye-witness Somme accounts revealed - BBC News 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z By then planning for the Somme offensive was under way. Tank at 100: Baptism of fire, fear and blood - BBC News 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Maori warriors led the New Zealand troops, whose presence, along with the Australians', were part of centenary commemorations of the Battle of the Somme, where more than 1 million men were killed. Paris turns blue, white and red for Bastille Day 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The second photograph shows a location in Ginchy in France which was the scene of one of the main offensives by Irish nationalist troops during the Battle of the Somme in September 1916. World War One photographic exhibition at Belfast City Hall reflects on the Somme - BBC News 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Even at the peak of the leadership contest she was there: opening an Alzheimer’s charity shop, visiting a DIY store and attending a church service commemorating victims of the Somme. Travels in Theresa May country 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Portadown also marked the Battle of the Somme centenary with a carpet of poppies at the town's Cenotaph and a new Somme memorial gate at the demonstration field. The Twelfth: Thousands march in Orange Order parades - BBC News 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The first fight of the tanks would be named the battle of Flers-Courcelette and, by the standards of the Somme campaign, it was a success. Tank at 100: Baptism of fire, fear and blood - BBC News 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The former justice minister contrasted the MP's actions at the bonfire with his support for the Irish government's official commemoration of the Battle of the Somme at the weekend. Danny Kinahan MP apologises for tricolour photograph at bonfire - BBC News 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The Somme experience is a particular feature and Michael draws on the contribution of soldiers from Ireland - north and south. World War One photographic exhibition at Belfast City Hall reflects on the Somme - BBC News 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z And, 100 years since one of the key strategic battles of the Somme, the detritus of war is still being uncovered by nature in Mametz Wood. Mametz Wood: Haunting photos show scars left behind - BBC News 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z “There should be more controls,” she said, strolling with her English boyfriend down a pretty shopping street bedecked with British flags in memory of the bloody 1916 Battle of the Somme. Wigan’s Road to Brexit: Anger, Loss and Class Resentments 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Photos were shared of a partly-dressed woman squatting over the cenotaph in Grays High Street, Essex, on Friday - the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Woman charged over Grays war memorial 'urination' - BBC News 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z "There is an explosion in unofficial street shrines, which existed before but really take off during the Somme," says Prof Connelly. Battle of the Somme: How Britain learned the truth - BBC News 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Photos were shared online of the partly-dressed woman squatting over the cenotaph in Grays High Street, Essex, on Friday, the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Arrest after woman 'urinated' on Grays war memorial - BBC News 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z The wood in northern France, nearly a mile wide and more than a mile deep, was strategically important for the Allied Forces in the Battle of the Somme. Mametz Wood: Haunting photos show scars left behind - BBC News 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z It will be another 500 years before the battlefields of the Somme are cleared of bombs. 10 things we didn't know last week - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The large mining operation before the Somme assault which left the Lochnagar Crater was not a resounding success. The 18 sewer men who changed the war - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z About 14% of the British casualties on the Somme fell on the first day. Battle of the Somme: How Britain learned the truth - BBC News 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme was the bloodiest battle in the history of the British armed forces. Ceremony in France to mark Battle of the Somme centenary - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Britain led an offensive near the banks of the Somme river, supported by French forces, to push back the lines of the German army. French and British Leaders Mark Battle of the Somme Centennial Amid Brexit Chaos 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Nearly one in 10 of the soldiers who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme were from the 36th Ulster Division. Struck down in Battle of the Somme - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The Somme is remembered for slaughter with men machine-gunned in their tens of thousands. The 18 sewer men who changed the war - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The Somme campaign came to a muddy end in November and the nation was left to count the cost. Battle of the Somme: How Britain learned the truth - BBC News 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z In the rent earth of the Somme Valley, he laid the foundation of his epic trilogy. How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z In Britain and much of Europe, the Somme came to be a synonym for the horrors of modern warfare. French and British Leaders Mark Battle of the Somme Centennial Amid Brexit Chaos 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest of World War I, began on 1 July 1916. Artists behind 'ghost soldiers' project revealed - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Silent actors dressed as British World War One troops also appeared in public squares, standing expressionless and representing soldiers killed in the Battle of the Somme. Ceremonies in UK, France mark Battle of the Somme centenary 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z But in an age of letters, telegrams and censorship, how did Britons learn the disastrous truth of the Battle of the Somme? Battle of the Somme: How Britain learned the truth - BBC News 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Tolkien later acknowledged that the Dead Marshes, with their pools of muck and floating corpses, “owe something to Northern France after the Battle of the Somme.” How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z “There is for us a debt toward the sacrifice of these young people who came to fight on French soil in the Somme region for the liberty of France,” Mr. Hollande said after the ceremony. French and British Leaders Mark Battle of the Somme Centennial Amid Brexit Chaos 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme began exactly 100 years ago Friday. The Latest: Kings heading to Wales game against Belgium 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z As events mark the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme, Britons are capturing a commemorative project and sharing it using #wearehere. Somme marked by uniformed men across UK with #wearehere - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Across Britain, the scene was repeated as the legacy of the Somme took shape. Battle of the Somme: How Britain learned the truth - BBC News 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z When the Somme offensive was finally called off in November 1916, a total of about 1.5 million soldiers were dead or wounded. How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Lille is also short on accommodation, due to increased demand in relation to centenary commemorations of the Battle of the Somme. Euro 2016: Wales fans face long Eurotunnel delays - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The Somme cemeteries, all carefully maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, range from fields of white gravestones to small plots with a handful of graves and single soldiers buried in civilian graveyards. Somme centenary: ‘Most powerful place on the Western Front’ - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The brutality of the Battle of the Somme did not discriminate. Somme centenary: The 12 year old soldier - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Cinema was still a novelty and Battle of the Somme represented a milestone in both filmmaking and propaganda. Battle of the Somme: How Britain learned the truth - BBC News 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps this was the greatest tribute he could pay to the fallen of the Somme. How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The centenary of the Battle of the Somme was marked by two minutes' silence at 07:28 on 1 July, the moment soldiers went over the top. Marking the moment the Battle of the Somme began - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z More than 1 million people were killed, wounded or went missing in the Battle of the Somme in northern France, pitting British and French troops against German ones from July 1 to Nov. 18, 1916. Now isolated, Britain joins France at WWI centenary event 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z More than 1 million people were killed, wounded or went missing in the Battle of the Somme, pitting British and French troops against German ones from July 1 to November 18, 1916, in northern France. Now isolated, Britain joins France at WWI centenary event 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z At Zero Hour on 1 July 1916, five battalions recruited in Scotland went over the top on the Somme. Battle of the Somme: Carnage for the Scots battalions - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The 24-year-old Tolkien arrived in time to take part in the Battle of the Somme, a campaign intended to break the stalemate between the Allies and Central Powers. How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The British army suffered its bloodiest day on the first day of the Battle of the Somme exactly 100 years ago. Remembering the Battle of the Somme - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Dunning’s preservation of the site “is of massive importance,” said Martin Middlebrook, author of the classic military study “First Day on the Somme.” Son of a bus mechanic preserves hallowed crater from WWI 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The vigil at the Somme Museum will be held outdoors. Battle of Somme: Overnight vigil marks centenary - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z They served as stretcher-bearers at the Battle of the Somme, performed concerts to lift spirits and their bass drum was even used as a communion table. The Somme: The Londonderry flute band who served as Somme stretcher-bearers - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Though the debt is largely overlooked, Tolkien’s supreme literary achievement, “The Lord of the Rings,” owes a great deal to his experience at the Somme. How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z A hundred years ago today, July 1 2016, the Battle of the Somme began. Battle of the Somme: Families remember loved ones who fought - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest. Battle of the Somme: When London buses went from red to khaki - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z An overnight vigil is taking place in County Down to mark the beginning of the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago. Battle of Somme: Overnight vigil marks centenary - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z "We commissioned a piece built around the Battle of the Somme and how the members joined up, marched to the war and went over the top of the trenches." The Somme: The Londonderry flute band who served as Somme stretcher-bearers - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z In the postwar years, the Somme exemplified the waste and futility of battle, symbolizing disillusionment not only with war, but with the very idea of heroism. How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Callun has set up a Facebook page to document the contributions of soldiers during the First World War and has used the material to retrace their steps in his own journey to the Somme. Battle of the Somme: Families remember loved ones who fought - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The British line on the first day of the Somme was only 14 miles long. Somme centenary: Walking the fields scarred by battle - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Thousands of soldiers from across Ireland were killed at the Somme, 2,000 of them from the 36th Ulster Division died on the first day of the battle. Battle of Somme: Overnight vigil marks centenary - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Friday marks the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme, a day that became the bloodiest in British military history. British war veteran reflects on the Somme - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Queen is leading events to mark 100 years since the Battle of the Somme. Somme centenary: Queen leads vigil at Grave of the Unknown Warrior - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z July 1, 1916, marked the beginning of a nearly five-months-long fight on the banks of the Somme river in northern France. 7 World War I Books to Read on the Battle of the Somme's Centennial 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme, fought in northern France, lasted five months during which the British and French armies fought the Germans in a brutal battle of attrition on a 15-mile front. Battle of the Somme: Queen to lead centenary remembrance events - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z He was killed in action on the opening day of the Somme. Battle of Somme: Overnight vigil marks centenary - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest of World War One, with more than one million people killed or wounded. In pictures: Battle of the Somme - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z They went on to fight at Gallipoli and then tragically were cut down in their hundreds at the Battle of the Somme. How Newfoundland soldiers forged lasting link with Scotland - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Here are seven books that have memorialized the Somme in one way or another in the 100 years since the battle began. 7 World War I Books to Read on the Battle of the Somme's Centennial 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z On Friday, Prime Minister David Cameron, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will attend services at the Thiepval Memorial, located close to the battlefields of the Somme, near Amiens in northern France. Battle of the Somme: Queen to lead centenary remembrance events - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z And the Somme offensive was begun in part to reduce pressure on Verdun and to demonstrate that Britain was bearing its share of the war’s burden. The battle that continues to haunt Europe 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme was one of the deadliest of the First World War. Somme battlefields from the air 100 years on - BBC News 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Friday will be the Centenary of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles of World War One. Battle of the Somme: Sons of Ulster play performed at Thiepval site - BBC News 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Graves was at the Somme, too, but on the British side. 7 World War I Books to Read on the Battle of the Somme's Centennial 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Queen and senior royals will lead events to mark 100 years since the Battle of the Somme which begin with overnight vigils on Thursday night. Battle of the Somme: Queen to lead centenary remembrance events - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Not so its reverberations, one of which was an Austrian corporal whose Bavarian unit deployed to the Somme on Oct. The battle that continues to haunt Europe 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z In the end their share in the Somme was about one third, to the British two-thirds. The Somme: France’s forgotten battle - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Many recruits in the Pals Battalions did not see major action until the Somme, when they suffered heavy casualties, with towns, cities and even particular streets losing a large number of men. Greater protected status for war memorials to mark Somme centenary - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Faulks’ novel depicts a fictional soldier, Stephen Wraysford, and his traumatic experience watching everyone around him die at the Somme—some of them only a day after digging a mass grave in anticipation. 7 World War I Books to Read on the Battle of the Somme's Centennial 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Duchess of Cornwall will lay a wreath at the grave of her great-uncle, Captain Harry Cubitt, who was killed on the Somme in September 1916 while serving with the Coldstream Guards. Battle of the Somme: Queen to lead centenary remembrance events - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The romance of chivalric warfare died at the Somme, which was what the Germans called Materialschlacht, a battle of materials more than men. The battle that continues to haunt Europe 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z In the end the Somme settled into a dreadful four-month battle of attrition, in which the French suffered, just as the British and the Germans did. The Somme: France’s forgotten battle - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July 1916 and is considered to be one of the bloodiest in human history. Greater protected status for war memorials to mark Somme centenary - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z A year after he fought in the Somme, Siegfried Sassoon famously declared himself in opposition to the war’s senseless violence, and said he would no longer fight. 7 World War I Books to Read on the Battle of the Somme's Centennial 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme was intended to achieve a decisive victory for the British and French against Germany's forces. Battle of the Somme: Queen to lead centenary remembrance events - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Somme ended on Nov. 18, with men drowning in glutinous lakes of clinging mud sometimes five feet deep. The battle that continues to haunt Europe 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z So today, President Hollande's absence from the Somme centenary is not altogether a surprise. The Somme: France’s forgotten battle - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z David Evennett, heritage minister, said: "These memorials are a poignant reminder of those who lost their lives in the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago and an important part of our heritage." Greater protected status for war memorials to mark Somme centenary - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Many of the men who survived the Battle of the Somme tried to capture the experience in memoirs after the war. 7 World War I Books to Read on the Battle of the Somme's Centennial 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z World War One continued for another two years after the end of the Battle of the Somme. Battle of the Somme: Queen to lead centenary remembrance events - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme is, in Dyer’s words, “deeply buried in its own aftermath.” The battle that continues to haunt Europe 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z When the Somme centenary commemoration takes place on Friday, one important personage will be conspicuous by his absence: the French president Francois Hollande. The Somme: France’s forgotten battle - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z A BBC interview with a soldier who survived the Battle of the Somme has been uncovered by his family after 33 years. Battle of the Somme: A Derry soldier's interview uncovered after 33 years - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Widely considered the “definitive” WWI memoir from the German perspective, Jünger’s book chronicles his life on the front and his survival at the Battle of the Somme, as he endured trench warfare and exploding shells. 7 World War I Books to Read on the Battle of the Somme's Centennial 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z I am heading to the battlefields of The Somme today. Lessons from history for Europe's future - BBC News 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The hinge of this war was the battle named for “that little stream,” the river Somme. The battle that continues to haunt Europe 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z But historians now believe that the Somme convinced German generals of growing Allied strength, and thus tipped them into the submarine war on shipping - which in turn brought in the Americans. The Somme: France’s forgotten battle - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z They will unveil a statue to Robert Quigg who won a Victoria Cross for bravery during the Battle of the Somme. Queen to meet first and deputy first ministers during two-day Northern Ireland visit - BBC News 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z He won the Military Medal on the first day of fighting at the Somme for rescuing a wounded officer from the battle field. Love letters from the Somme to Belfast - BBC News 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Over the next four and a half months, the British and her allies made many more attacks on the Somme. ‘The roaring of the shells was diabolical.’ It was zero hour on the Somme 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z The 31 trains a day required to supply the British at the Somme became 70 when the offensive began. The battle that continues to haunt Europe 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z The French line went south across the river Somme. The Somme: France’s forgotten battle - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness will lay a wreath at the site of the Battle of the Somme on Thursday. World War One: Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness to lay wreath at Somme battle site - BBC News 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z They were written in the trenches of World War One, some of them from the Somme and posted home to the sweetheart of a young soldier from east Belfast. Love letters from the Somme to Belfast - BBC News 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z This is an edited extract from Somme: Into the Breach Somme: Into the Breach by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore is published by Viking, £25. ‘The roaring of the shells was diabolical.’ It was zero hour on the Somme 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Germany, trying to slow the transatlantic flow of materiel, resorted to unrestricted submarine warfare, which, five months after the Somme ended, brought the United States into the war and, in a sense, into the world. The battle that continues to haunt Europe 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Because the 1916 Battle of the Somme was not just a British battle. The Somme: France’s forgotten battle - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z His visit to the Somme was an attempt to recognise soldiers from Ireland who died in the battle and its importance to unionists, he said. World War One: Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness to lay wreath at Somme battle site - BBC News 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Two of the bloodiest battles of World War One, Verdun and the Somme, are being marked 100 years on, but in Switzerland, centenary commemorations are taking place for a far less known wartime event. Switzerland's forgotten role in saving World War One lives - BBC News 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Initially Petain wanted the Somme to be cancelled, because he said French troops were needed more urgently at Verdun. Verdun: France's sacred symbol of healing - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Singer Barbara Dickson, whose uncle was killed in the Battle of the Somme, will sing Scottish lament Flowers of the Forest as Princess Anne lays a wreath to remember lives lost. Battle of Jutland centenary to be commemorated - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z In mid 1916, the British and French lines on the western front met just above the river Somme near the village of Maricourt. The Somme: France’s forgotten battle - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The E.U. is the linear descendant of institution-building begun by people for whom European history seemed to be less Chartres and Shakespeare than the Somme and the Holocaust. The ‘Brexit’ referendum is the most important vote in Europe in a half-century 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z A new opera commemorating the centenary of the Battle of the Somme will have its premiere in Cardiff on Friday night. Welsh National Opera marks Battle of Somme centenary - BBC News 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z But from July - largely thanks to the British, Commonwealth and French attacks along the Somme - there was no longer any danger of it falling. Verdun: France's sacred symbol of healing - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z The Somme tourism board said it was expecting between four and five thousand people to visit this week, noting a drop from the previous two Anzac Days. Terrorism fears partly blamed for drop in Anzac crowds in France 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z The Somme was also vastly more significant, from a strategic point of view. The Somme: France’s forgotten battle - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch, head of remembrance at the Royal British Legion, said the Battle of the Somme had "come to symbolise the tragic scale and futility of modern industrialised warfare". Communities urged to mark Battle of the Somme centenary - BBC News 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z "Just think of the memorable battles at Verdun and the Somme on the Western Front - and in the North Sea, the Battle of Jutland." The Red Baron and the Croydon connection - BBC News 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Meanwhile 150 miles to the west, preparations were proceeding for the Somme - though now with Verdun as a complication. Verdun: France's sacred symbol of healing - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Two months after the Rising, the Somme offensive in France saw the death of thousands of Irish soldiers. Rare Easter Rising photos show Dublin in rubble - BBC News 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The main reason is that the Somme was overshadowed in the nation's narrative by Verdun. The Somme: France’s forgotten battle - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July 1916 and there were more than one million casualties on both sides by the time it ended after 141 days on 18 November 1916. Communities urged to mark Battle of the Somme centenary - BBC News 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z This year's programme is focusing on the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Damon Albarn to perform with Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music - BBC News 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z It meant the objectives on the Somme were also made less ambitious. Verdun: France's sacred symbol of healing - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z He also told Inside Politics that his party will mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme later this year in an appropriate and respectful manner. Martin McGuinness mulls his Sinn Féin future but has 'energy of a 20-year-old' - BBC News 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Remembering the Somme Offensive, which took place between 1 July November 1916, will be one of the key points in commemorations marking the centenary of World War One. Heritage charity marks 1966 and all that - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Communities across the UK are being encouraged to hold vigils to mark the centenary of World War One's Battle of the Somme. Communities urged to mark Battle of the Somme centenary - BBC News 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z All-night vigils will be held across the UK next summer to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme in World War One. Battle of the Somme centenary to be marked by UK vigils - BBC News 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z And yet the stories of the Somme and Verdun - the centenary of which will be officially marked in France on Sunday - are tightly intertwined. Verdun: France's sacred symbol of healing - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z One young woman is carrying a placard which reads "Paris is Life" and another sign says "Nous Sommes Paris". Paris attacks: Briton confirmed among dead - BBC News 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Edwards later had to sell his VC, awarded for initiative and extreme bravery on the Somme, to make ends meet. Victoria Cross heroes of World War One - BBC News 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z A month after Jutland the British and their allies launched their attack on the Somme. WW1's Battle of Jutland: Events planned to mark centenary - BBC News 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Tickets for centenary commemorations of the Battle of the Somme have been made available by ballot. Battle of the Somme centenary: Memorial ticket ballot opens - BBC News 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z In the event the French were obliged to scale back massively their contribution to the Somme - from 44 divisions to 14 and from 1,700 artillery pieces to 540. Verdun: France's sacred symbol of healing - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z It advances like a big push at the Second Battle of the Somme — idealism long gone, but grim duty remaining. Hillary Clinton’s Nixonian mindset is on full display 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z By the middle of the 20th century, after the Somme and the Holocaust, Europeans were terrified of themselves. Greek crisis a reminder the European Union was a terrible idea to begin with 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Barry Glendenning is our man in northern France and he has been in touch with the view from the ground: Greetings from Amiens, capital of the Somme and location of today’s finish. Tour de France 2015: stage five – live! 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Tickets to next year's commemorations of the Battle of the Somme centenary will be free and allocated by ballot, the culture secretary has announced. Battle of Somme memorial ticket ballot announced - BBC News 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z For the UK, the Somme centenary on 1 July will be this year's main World War One moment. Verdun: France's sacred symbol of healing - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Mr Flanagan is the first Irish cabinet minister to mark the Somme anniversary in Belfast. Somme remembrance: Irish cabinet minister joins Belfast ceremony for first time - BBC News 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Clemetson was returned to the fighting in March 1918 and was dead six months later, killed in action in the Somme region on 21 September 1918, just 52 days before the war finally ended. The officer who refused to lie about being black 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The site's proximity to the Somme battlefields, where more than a million men were killed or wounded, adds to the discovery's importance. WWI graffiti sheds light on soldiers' experience 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z "Nearly everyone in the UK will have an ancestor who fought or died at the Somme," said Mr Whittingdale. Battle of Somme memorial ticket ballot announced - BBC News 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Her father Herbert Gray was killed in the Battle of the Somme five months before her birth. Weekend edition: The best of the week's reads 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z During the ceremony, Mr Flanagan laid a wreath at the cenotaph in remembrance of all those who fought at the Somme. Somme remembrance: Irish cabinet minister joins Belfast ceremony for first time - BBC News 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z "Tiny" was her mother's nickname, "Somme" marks the tragedy that tore through the family. A baby called Somme 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Naours is only a few miles from Vignacourt, a town used as a staging area for troops moving up to and back from the Somme battlefields some 25 miles to the east. WWI graffiti sheds light on soldiers' experience 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Among those killed were American poet Alan Seeger, who died at the Somme in July 1916 and gained fame from poems inspired by combat. American volunteers bled and led way to WW1 100 years ago 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z "There's a name, they say. What you got that for? My father was killed on The Somme, that's why. Oh, they say, I wouldn't want to be named after that." Weekend edition: The best of the week's reads 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Seeger wrote “Ode in Memory of the American Volunteers Fallen for France” in 1916, a few months before he was killed on the Fourth of July at the Battle of the Somme. First Americans to die in WWI may have been volunteers in French army 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z On 20 March 1917, a baby girl was born in Northfleet, Kent, and given a name heavy with history - Somme, writes Mark Sanders. A baby called Somme 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Sadly, she explains, her uncle was killed in action on the Somme. Weekendish: The best of the week's reads 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Once La Barre's tongue had been cut out and his head chopped off, his mortal remains were burned by the public executioner, and dumped into the river Somme. The battle for free speech 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z In 1916, he took command of the 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, and while commanding them at the Somme his legend was cemented. The unkillable soldier 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Five days later, Lieutenant Milroy was killed in the Battle of the Somme - one of 31 Scottish rugby internationals who died in the Great War, more than any other nation. Scots rugby stars who died in WW1 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Her birth certificate records her full name: Tiny Somme Gray. A baby called Somme 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z If asked to name key locations from World War One, the usual battle-weary answers of the Somme, Ypres and Passchendaele are often given. Weekendish: The best of the week's reads 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z The unit went on to suffer devastating losses during the Battle of Somme - more than 200 men died, and many more were injured. Square named after WW1 battalion 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z A soldier who served under Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart at the Battle of the Somme recounts his experiences. The unkillable soldier 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z He survived the first day of the Somme. The Hearts players who went to war 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Her father Herbert Gray was killed in the Battle of the Somme just five months before her birth. A baby called Somme 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z He was killed on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Unseen WW1 photos uncovered 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z At the battle of the Somme, as many as 40% of casualties were shell-shocked, resulting in concerns about an epidemic of psychiatric illness. Amazing Photo Shows the Moment the Guns Fell Silent He was killed by a shell at the Second Battle of the Somme on 24 March 1918. 'They send people to war from here' 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z The boy had been killed on the first day of the Somme. The Hearts players who went to war 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme, a film comprising footage from the front line, brought home the realities of trench warfare in unprecedented fashion. The WW1 film over 20 million people went to see 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z For Jamison, there is a personal sorrow, as his great great uncle numbered among the Somme dead. Sugar sculptor's tribute to war dead 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z It is the hinge between August 1914 and the Somme two years later. Souvenirs of the War in Afghanistan: Many Troops Return With Physical and Mental Trauma The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July 1916 and claimed the biggest loss of soldiers in a single day of fighting ever recorded by the British army. 'They send people to war from here' 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Three more died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916. The Hearts players who went to war 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The popularity of The Battle of the Somme also dispels the idea that civilians were at best unaware, or at worst uninterested, in what was going on at the front. The WW1 film over 20 million people went to see 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z But even louder in our memories is the echo of the battle of the Somme, which started on 1 July: 20,000 British soldiers were killed and 40,000 injured on the first day alone. Ten of the worst years in British history 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z It is a monument to the missing of the Somme. The long shadows of war 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z An interactive episode of the BBC Three's Our World War series puts viewers in the position of a young corporal struggling to keep the men in his section alive during the battle of the Somme. Digital storytelling of the Somme 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z She raised money for the troops, wrote to the men in the trenches and helped to boost morale by sending gifts such as a gramophone to those fighting in the Somme. WW1 music hall stars 'had X factor' 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Critics unanimously praised The Battle of the Somme upon its release, with many highlighting the film's realism. The WW1 film over 20 million people went to see 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z By comparison with the huge conflagration of World War I, today’s flash points may seem like just so many extended brush fires next to Ypres or the Somme. War Reshapes the World Once Again 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The unit was battered at the battles of Loos, Somme, Arras and Messines. WW1 death of the Boy's Own hero 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Both villages were more or less obliterated by the opposing sides' artillery, and then in the Somme fighting of 1916 and 1918. WW1: Civilian memories from the Somme 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Tull suffered shell shock in the Somme, and died aged 29 when struck by a single bullet as he led an attack on the Western Front in March 1914. From playing fields to World War One battlefields 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was this appetite for "truth" that made The Battle of the Somme so popular. The WW1 film over 20 million people went to see 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Riders will pass the site of the Somme battlefields as well as the Chemin des Dames, where hundreds of thousands of combatants lost their lives in the French army’s most disastrous offensive of the war. 5 things about the Tour de France 5th stage 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Throughout the winter of 1915-16, Private James Crozier fought on the Somme in the 36th Ulster Division, 9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. Chloe Dewe Mathews's Shot at Dawn: a moving photographic memorial 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z They were evacuated before the battle of the Somme, in which the village was eventually retaken by the French. WW1: Civilian memories from the Somme 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z He said the "harrowing" book Somme Mud, written by an Australian private, holds particular resonance for him. From playing fields to World War One battlefields 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Battle of the Somme: The unlikely blockbuster iWonder: Why was Battle of the Somme bigger than Star Wars? The WW1 film over 20 million people went to see 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Caroline and Newman Rimmel, and their friend Tim Jones, are history enthusiasts who visit the Somme almost every year to see the battlefields and monuments of the first world war. Sarajevo: city commemorates end to 'a century of conflict', but divisions still run deep 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Onstage will be more than 19,000 dominoes, for the number of British soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. 100 years later, remembering the crucible called World War I 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Britain and France tried it on the Somme, in an offensive that would grind on for four months at immense cost. The Great War 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z He carried a photo of his uncles, three brothers who all lost their lives in battles around the Somme area. Mourning millions: EU leaders mark WWI centennial 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme therefore prefigured the mass media coverage of wars that would characterise the late 20th Century. The WW1 film over 20 million people went to see 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Tanks were a new sight for the soldiers of World War One and were first used in combat at the Battle of the Somme 1916. 'Mobile battering ram' born in WW1 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z He said: "If we carry on as usual, we are like the generals at the Somme, because these losses are horrendous." Leaders to offer response to UKIP win 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Four months of intense fighting on the Somme yielded immense bloodshed but little movement in the front line. The Great War 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Books about the first world war are the main theme in Péronne in northern France, near the site of the Battle of the Somme. Are the 9/11 museum's commemorative toys and hoodies a step too far? 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z For all its limitations, The Battle of the Somme provided an insight into the conditions that combatants experienced. The WW1 film over 20 million people went to see 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z The Battle of the Somme was among the battles featured. 'WW1 was world's first sci-fi war' 2014-05-11T23:34:54Z Many people have come forward with treasured mementos - from diaries, to letters and maps - of the bloody Western Front, including the battles of Ypres, Verdun and the Somme. Personal treasures of World War One uncovered 2014-03-09T00:16:31Z The theft at the Somme Heritage Centre on the Bangor Road was reported to police at about 12:35 GMT on Saturday. Thieves target WW1 heritage centre 2014-03-01T15:28:39Z Find out more on why the Battle of the Somme film was bigger than Star Wars and the . How soon is too soon to make movies about a war? 2014-02-07T09:49:26Z The Somme, in northern France, was not only one of the bloodiest battles of World War One, but one of the bloodiest in history. WW1 soldier's tunnel grave found 2013-12-02T06:34:54Z My discussions with the British Legion and the Somme Association are continuing. Ó Muilleoir backs poppy lights plan 2013-09-20T11:19:01Z The memories and the suitcase have now passed to Anne, and Reginald is commemorated on the Thiepval memorial, among the names of tens of thousands of soldiers who died at the Somme. Personal treasures of World War One uncovered 2014-03-09T00:16:31Z The battles between Apple, Google and Microsoft seem to be stalling into an endless Somme of trench warfare, running up lawyer’s billable hours without producing clear-cut results. BlackBerry's August Quarter Reveals Whether The Company Has To Be Chopped Up 2013-09-18T10:39:00Z Graves fought in France in 1915 at the Battle of Loos and on the Somme, and was reported dead at 21. The poetry of Robert Graves: After the trenches 2013-08-15T15:00:16Z In October of that year he was sent to the Somme, only to die six weeks later in a German explosion far below No Man's Land. WW1 soldier's tunnel grave found 2013-12-02T06:34:54Z Further west still lie the battlefields of the Somme, where more than a million men became casualties of one of humanity's bloodiest battles. Looking for your family hero 2013-08-07T00:09:44Z Referring to the Somme commemoration event the barrister said: "That is something very close to Mr Frazer, his grandmother's seven brothers all fought in World War I." Frazer allowed to attend July events 2013-06-28T17:57:02Z Haig's tactics were characterised by critics as reliant on massive bombardment and frontal assaults with little care for the casualties that resulted, such as on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Blackadder and history 2013-06-15T03:52:03Z From about $120 per night, jaulny-chateau.com Shrines in the Somme The Somme is a region of sloping fields, woods and quaint villages. A Week on the Western Front 2013-06-07T20:49:37Z Searching online she discovered that Sapper Lloyd was among some 70,000 men lost at the Somme. WW1 soldier's tunnel grave found 2013-12-02T06:34:54Z At nearby Thiepval, commemorates the 72,191 missing British and South African men who perished in the Somme with no known grave. Looking for your family hero 2013-08-07T00:09:44Z A name as cruel for Australia as the Somme and Paschendale were for Britain. WWI soldiers finally laid to rest 2013-04-23T02:13:52Z The Times mourned the death of writer Robert Graves at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, but he recovered and survived until 1985. Buried alive: the premature obituaries 2013-04-19T13:53:58Z The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a must. A Week on the Western Front 2013-06-07T20:49:37Z It looks like the Battle of the Somme as it's covered in huge holes. The Spin 2013-04-10T10:22:52Z With nods from others clustered around him, he compared the flag battle to the fighting on the Somme. New Northern Ireland Violence May Be About More Than the British Flag 2013-01-19T01:27:42Z He said that the British wanted to mark the start of the war, the Somme and the end of the war but other countries wanted to mark different dates. WWI 'reflection day' date debated 2012-11-20T16:52:16Z He took a serious leg injury from shrapnel at the battle of the Somme, and doctors told him that he'd never be able to play again. Statue of football hero unveiled 2012-11-10T14:11:05Z Go soon to avoid crowds, or at least start planning—many hotels in the Somme are already booked for July 2016, the anniversary of the Somme offensive. A Week on the Western Front 2013-06-07T20:49:37Z His first book, The Face of Warfare, ignored the military leaders and examined battle from the perspective of the common soldier, contrasting the experiences of men who fought at Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme. Been and Gone: The war historian and the gearbox wizard 2012-09-04T01:30:38Z But this battlefield, at Confrecourt, unlike the Somme to the north, is rarely visited. Caves shed light on France at war 2012-07-08T01:33:16Z The disturbances followed the annual Somme commemoration parade on Monday night. Police injured after city parade 2012-07-03T05:39:38Z Somervell, who became a pacifist after the war, operated in a hut at a casualty clearing station during the Battle of the Somme. Olympic secret of Everest's forgotten hero 2012-05-19T11:43:44Z The lands of the count of Boulogne lay on the coast of the English Channel north of the Somme. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Right now, I’m reading one about Valley Forge, one about the Battle of the Somme in World War I and a magic book on equivoque. | Thomas Solomon: Thomas Solomon, Escape Artist, Practices Tricks of the Trade on Sundays 2012-03-17T04:10:11Z To trace the many hundreds of miles of railway that crossed the country between the Meuse and the Somme promised to be work for a week. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z Michel Chevalier, 63, is the party’s treasurer for the Somme district. Focus on French Economy Fuels Gains by National Front 2012-02-06T03:51:51Z The flanks of the great salient thereby developed, however, made dangerous further progress down the Somme. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z The Admiral Coligni got into it with some Forces, which gave Time to the Constable de Montmorency to pass the Somme with the French Army under his Command, and throw some Succours into the Town. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z It stands on the Somme in a marshy district where market-gardening is carried on. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The bullet he had stopped on the Somme still made its presence felt at times.... The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The bride's domicile is not known, but to Queen Anne and her attendants was allotted a fine house with gardens sloping down to the River Somme. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z The French are holding strongly in the Oise Valley, in safe connection with the British on the Somme. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z And much the most impressive description I have seen of the horrors of war was in the letter of a German artillery officer telling his experiences in the first great battle of the Somme. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z HAM, a small town of northern France, in the department of Somme, 36 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z But he had always had his own idea about these “figures,” because, among them, were often enough his own pals from the Somme, Gallipoli, the Mespot horror, too. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z On the Somme when the air was a sea Of contesting flashes and clouds of smoke, Your gunners fell fast but you got never a scratch. Poems - Second Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.670Z On that day the enemy succeeded in crossing the Somme south of P�ronne, while north of it he forced the British to retire from the line of the River Torille. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Four of these were brought from other points of the Western front—two from Flanders, two from the Somme. Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 2 The Second Twelve Months of War 2011-10-27T02:00:27.020Z He explored the region of Cambrai, seized that town, and occupied all the country as far as the Somme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Valenciennes had fallen and Coburg’s hussar parties pressed forward into the Somme valley. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z It is very remarkable that, in a State paper, Paine should be described as deputy for the Somme. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z On March 27 the British began a retreat on a wide front on both sides of the Somme, and in the evening Albert was evacuated. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z The Summer of 1916 saw the Germans defeated at Verdun on the Somme and at Riga. Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 2 The Second Twelve Months of War 2011-10-27T02:00:27.020Z I hear ’em tell in the hotel lobby, that the roads are fair all through them battle fields like Verdun, on the Somme, and others. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z The Rest Camp was on a chilly plateau at the mouth of the Somme: it might have been the Murrambidgee for all the warfare within reach. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z The car, which had been stolen during a creeper burglary in west Belfast, was found on fire at the Somme Heritage Centre. Bangor murder charge man bailed 2011-08-05T17:31:58Z On the 25th the enemy, by a series of drives en masse, managed to envelop Bapaume, while south of P�ronne he made still further progress, "west of the Somme." Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z The French and British armies attacked on the Somme, taking many towns and villages and thousands of prisoners. Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 2 The Second Twelve Months of War 2011-10-27T02:00:27.020Z Somme and the big innkeeper Chevreux turned round, full of indignation also; they wanted to exclaim: "It is abominable!" The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z Yet the man I am gladdest to have seen that day on the Somme is not my friend, but my friend's friend and Major.... Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z In 1840 he made his descent upon France; his party were shot or imprisoned, Louis being condemned to perpetual imprisonment in the castle of Ham, on the Somme. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z In the battle of the Somme, Albert, as a junction and depot, performed for the British in a minor degree what Cambrai later performed for the Germans in the present battle. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z It must not be forgotten that the battle of the Somme is a joint enterprise of close teamwork under the supreme direction of General Joffre. Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 2 The Second Twelve Months of War 2011-10-27T02:00:27.020Z Tolkien was a veteran of the Somme, and was partly written during World War II. George R.R. Martin: An American Tolkien for a Jaded Age 2011-07-09T14:15:00Z The Battle of the Somme referred to above was intended to relieve the terrible pressure of the Germans on the French forts at Verdun. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z On the Somme you grant five thousand And five thousand at Verdun; At the dawn of day you count them And at setting of the sun. Carry On! 2011-07-06T02:00:44.750Z On the 28th the German attack was renewed on the Somme, where it pressed back the British near the Chippily crossing, and before Arras, where a frontal attack was repulsed with great enemy loss. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z She has dragged her dilatory English Ally into joining the offensive on the Somme, and whatever inward worth the British army has it now has an abundance of artillery. Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 2 The Second Twelve Months of War 2011-10-27T02:00:27.020Z Not the slaughter of the Somme, perhaps, but the sons of 712 families lie in the five small cemeteries in the woods along unpaved roads in the hills around Asiago. Forgotten war grave 2011-06-25T10:50:53Z They expected to take Amiens, forty miles from the mouth of the Somme, and to push down the river to the sea. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z A French officer who had seen some of the bloodiest fighting on the Somme was their instructor, and he was voluble in his praise of the "esprit de coeur" the young men showed. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z These refugees are from the towns within the Somme battlefield and adjoining it. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z The privately-owned land in the sleepy rural village of La Boisselle had been practically untouched since fighting ceased in 1918, remaining one of the most poignant sites of the Battle of the Somme. Miners' war 2011-06-10T04:27:25Z The peat deposit at Abbeville, at the mouth of the Somme, has been supposed to have required 30,000 years for its formation. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z Early in the morning of the 28th the patrols of the Ist Corps found the region clear of the enemy as far as the Somme, and all the bridges across the river destroyed. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z At Verdun, on the Somme, on the Aisne; everywhere on that long line of trenches that stretched from the Vosges to the sea, they were fighting like heroes to keep the Hun at bay. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z North of the Somme Friday, April 5.—Heavy attacks by the enemy are in progress north of the Somme, from Albert to Aveluy Wood. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z When the British launched the bloody Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, La Boisselle stood on the main axis of the attack. Miners' war 2011-06-10T04:27:25Z At length the English reached the valley of the Somme. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Now that General von Manteuffel was across the Somme, and Prince Frederick Charles had advanced to the Loir, the Germans held possession of almost a third of France. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z North of that point a line of high cliffs, in which occur the ports of F�camp and Dieppe, stretches nearly to the sandy estuary of the Somme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Here in this valley of death, for it was that, and behind in the old fields of the Somme, the German troops have no cover from storms or shellfire. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Bitter was the fighting on the Somme, most bitter when in moving to the attack the infantry encountered rain and the chalky downs became as grease under their feet. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z The floodtide had begun, and for six hours at least King Philip was doomed to rave in fruitless anger on the wrong side of the Somme. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z He had not yet formed a decision, when he met in the town General Lecointe, who reported that he had abandoned the defence of the left bank of the Somme. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z He met and married aristocrat Olive Lupton and served in World War I in the Somme. Coal miner to Queen 2011-04-13T09:46:48Z While it may fairly be said to have constituted a confession of failure in the earlier adventure, its development not only creates a new danger, but strengthens the German position athwart the Somme. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z The French soldiers’ graves dated June and July, 1915, mark the end of the French occupation of the Allied front on the Somme. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z The battle of Bapaume drove thirty-five German divisions from the old Somme battlefield, and captured 34,000 men and 27 guns. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z In front of the latter place, the Somme with its fortified passages at Ham, P�ronne, Amiens, and Abbeville afforded a line equally advantageous for attacks to the front or for secure retreat. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z He walked to and fro in his room in the first access of that fever that was to beset him sore until he should be standing in the trenches of the Somme. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Some person or persons unknown had hacked with a knife a wooden crucifix which stood on a bridge at Abbéville over the Somme. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z This Fleet of the Somme also had its base on the Canche. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z This line was strengthened later in the day by the 21st Division, which, together with the 50th Division—both just relieved from the Somme fighting—had been hurried up as soon as the attack developed. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The cavalry scouted forward towards the Somme, the right bank of which it found occupied. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z It was like a day in the first battles of the Somme, and brought back to me old memories of frightfulness. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Still farther north, as far as the Somme, lay de Castelnau's army. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Then those stone hatchets of the Somme were shaped, and answered the purpose. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z This was the first blow in the Somme battle. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z At daybreak on the 24th the French opened fire on General Manteuffel's position in the angle bounded by the Hallue and the Somme. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z It is this which makes the men glad of victory—not having it clouded by such heavy sacrifices of life as in the battles of the Somme. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Most of the region from the Somme to the mouth of the Yser is comprised within the two French departments of Pas-de-Calais and Nord, and the Belgian province of West Flanders. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z He had ordered the 5th French Army on the Oise to move forward and attack the Germans on the Somme, and this meant less pressure on the British. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z The tide now paused, and on 30th June, a day before the British attack on the Somme, the French retook Thiaumont. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The Corps-Artillery remained for the time on the left bank of the Somme, since it almost seemed as if the enemy intended to direct his attack on Amiens. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z I heard some of the verses this morning: They love the old division in the land the boys come from, And they're proud of what they did at Loos and on the Somme. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z The plan was hazardous, for the Orleanists turned out in great numbers and almost cut him off in the marshes of the Somme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z His army was to lie to the north of the 6th French Army, with its centre crossing the river Somme. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z Farther south there were successes which increased in value towards the Somme. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z For this purpose the Somme, whose passages were all in the hands of the Germans, formed a natural bulwark, behind which the attack even of a greatly superior enemy could be awaited. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z A few weeks ago I went a journey to the new lines we had taken over from the French south of the Somme. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Somewhere about the end of his period of ascendancy, perhaps in 1064, Harold was sailing in the Channel when his ship was driven ashore by a tempest near the mouth of the Somme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z The retreating French blew up the bridges across the Somme, and endeavoured in this and other ways to delay the German advance. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z Following on these attacks was a considerable pause, during which the Germans were fully occupied elsewhere in dealing with the British attacks on the Somme. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z General von Goeben now moved eastward, using the roads on both banks of the Somme so that he might the sooner reach the enemy. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z Conditions have changed since then by a great transformation scene, owing to the enemy's abandonment of his old fortress positions on the Somme under our frightful onslaught of gun-fire. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z For when Harry got up there was a look about him which I had seen before, though not for many months—not since the first days on the Somme.... The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z In the recent drive of the Allies against the German positions on the Somme, the regiment has won for itself fresh laurels. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z First Battle of the Somme The German position in the Somme area was situated on the high ground which is the watershed between the Scheldt and the Somme. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z It was true that the Somme divided the army in two halves, but the bridge of St. Quentin made mutual assistance possible. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z The country into which we have now gone is beyond the great wide belt of shell-craters, which made the battlefields of the Somme a wild quagmire of deep pits and ponds. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z But sometimes on a clear night we saw all the southern sky afire from some new madness on the Somme, and knew that somewhere in France there was real war. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z I asked her whether, now that the old Colonel had gone to the Somme, whether that meant that she would be leaving Bruges. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z The Western fighting embraced two main episodes: the powerful German attacks on Verdun, eventually unsuccessful; and the Allied offensive on the Somme, in which by far the greater share was borne by the British. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The following is quoted from that work: "Moreover, the German troops were separated by the Somme, whilst the bridges at St. Quentin enabled the French Corps to afford one another easy support." The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z We were afraid of the temper of the German officers after the defeat on the Marne, and after the battles of the Somme Germany was like a wounded tiger, fierce, desperate, cruel. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Soon after that we went down to the Somme. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z The guns rumble steadily in the south-west, and the sky is lit by their flashes; may the fighting on the Somme be bloody these coming days. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z The village was Poix, and if one had to be wrecked anywhere, I cannot think of a lovelier spot for disaster than Poix de la Somme. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z It is like the battle of the Somme. Our protection from banks? A pile of ordure called Merlin 2011-01-25T20:00:12Z Here, round about Arras, was the concentration for the old form of battle attack upon entrenched positions, fortified hills and strong natural fortresses, defended by massed guns as before the battles of the Somme. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Every Englishman has a picture of the Somme in his mind, and I will not try to enlarge it. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z This slogan was heard at a critical moment during one of the pushes on the Somme in the summer of 1916. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z It is just across in Picardy, and the Somme there is a little brook that ripples and winds through poplar-shaded pastures, sweet meadows, and deep groves. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Acknowledging the rescue, the prefect of the Picardy region and Somme, Michel Delpuech, "awarded this man the silver medal of bravery and dedication," the prefecture said in a statement. 2010-01-08T10:37:00Z The Canadians tell me that their troops have never had harder or more prolonged fighting, not even in their old days of the Ypres salient nor on the Somme. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z But soon after we got to the Somme he had surprised me by doing a very good piece of work under fire. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z For the telling of the Irish part in the story of the Somme I am much indebted to the assistance given by officers and men of the Irish battalions engaged in that mighty battle. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z It was an early morning advance, extending one and a half miles on a four-mile front, including the village of Hamel and the trench system beyond it, south of the Somme. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Having water communication with the sea by the Somme, which is navigable for small vessels, it has a large trade and numerous important manufactures, especially cotton and woollen goods. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli After the battles of the Somme the men groaned and wept when they were sent off to the Front. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z In the European War he at first commanded the British Third Army, contributing largely to the victories of the Somme and the Aisne. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The Ulster Division is entirely Protestant and Unionist; or was, until it was decimated on the Somme. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z Some of these were concentrated upon the battle front south of the Somme, where observers had previously reported large German columns. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. In addition, we had maps, and could follow the places mentioned, when, as during the Somme offensive, the Germans, "according to our preconceived plan," took up a position some miles in rear of their last. A Kut Prisoner |
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