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Elegy: The First Day on the Somme
Jules Verne
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Description for Elegy: The First Day on the Somme
Hardback. One of our finest narrative historians tells the shattering story of the blackest day in the history of the British army: the first day of the Somme Offensive, 1 July 1916. Num Pages: 320 pages, 60 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 530.
On 1 July 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and 5 French divisions launched their long-awaited 'Big Push' on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a terrible cost. In killing-grounds whose names are indelibly imprinted on 20th-century memory, German machine-guns – manned by troops who had sat out the storm of shellfire in deep dugouts – inflicted terrible losses on the British infantry. The British Fourth Army lost 57,470 casualties, the French Sixth Army suffered 1,590 casualties and the German 2nd Army ... Read more
On 1 July 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and 5 French divisions launched their long-awaited 'Big Push' on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a terrible cost. In killing-grounds whose names are indelibly imprinted on 20th-century memory, German machine-guns – manned by troops who had sat out the storm of shellfire in deep dugouts – inflicted terrible losses on the British infantry. The British Fourth Army lost 57,470 casualties, the French Sixth Army suffered 1,590 casualties and the German 2nd Army ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784080013
SKU
V9781784080013
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About Jules Verne
Andrew Roberts is a prize-winning historian, journalist and broadcaster. His books include Holy Fox (1991); the acclaimed Eminent Churchillians (1994); Masters and Commanders (2008); The Storm of War (2010) and Napoleon the Great (2014).
Reviews for Elegy: The First Day on the Somme
Always highly readable, gives a succinct and cohesive overview of the day, and is hearteningly even-handed
Spectator
Let's be honest about Somme historiography; it either comes drenched in pitying tears or in posturing outrage, but both occlude. Roberts has played it straight with a clean and lucid overview so that one can actually see and understand what happened ... Read more
Spectator
Let's be honest about Somme historiography; it either comes drenched in pitying tears or in posturing outrage, but both occlude. Roberts has played it straight with a clean and lucid overview so that one can actually see and understand what happened ... Read more