[Preliminary entry.] On 1st July 1916, the first day of the
Battle of the Somme, the British army suffered 57,000 casualties.
The battle was to last until mid-November by which time the British
line had advanced 8 miles and 400,000 men had been killed or
wounded.
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Editors, Litencyc. "Battle of the Somme". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 February 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1388, accessed 06 May 2024.]
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