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Excerpt from The Battles of the Somme
IN this book I have put together the articles which I have written day by day for more than three months, since that first day of July, 1916, when hundreds of thousands of British troops rose out of the ditches held against the eu emy for nearly two years of trench warfare, advance-d over open country upon the most formidable system Of defences ever organised by great armies, and began a sci''ics''of battles as fierce and bloody as anything the Old earth has seen on such a stretch of ground Since the beginning Of human strife.
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IN this book I have put together the articles which I have written day by day for more than three months, since that first day of July, 1916, when hundreds of thousands of British troops rose out of the ditches held against the eu emy for nearly two years of trench warfare, advance-d over open country upon the most formidable system Of defences ever organised by great armies, and began a sci''ics''of battles as fierce and bloody as anything the Old earth has seen on such a stretch of ground Since the beginning Of human strife.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Philip Gibbs
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266263470
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 389
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Philip Gibbs
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331175872
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 391
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