Battle of the Somme

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.06: French Writing and Culture: Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

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Battle

Dates

Date of occurrence 1916-07-01-1916-11-15

Places

France (Location)
United Kingdom (Involved)

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[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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Citation: 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 19 April 2024.]

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