Somme
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Somme
By Hugh Sebag-MontefioreRescuing from history the heroes on the front line whose bravery has been overlooked, and giving voice to their bereaved relatives at home, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore reveals the Battle of the Somme in all its glory and misery, helping us to ...
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Somme: Into the Breach
By Hugh Sebag-MontefioreFeaturing Newly Discovered Accounts from Around the World 'Having read almost everything that is written on this battle, I can vouch that this is the best account yet.
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Somme: Into the Breach
By Hugh Sebag-MontefioreWithout for a moment excusing the commanders' unimaginative tactics and their callous disregard for their soldiers' safety, this book shows the extent to which the Allies were in fact often able to break through the German front lines.
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Somme
From the diversionary attack on Gommecourt at the northern end of the 13 mile front, to the village of Montauban in the south, where the British achieved their greatest success of the day; this is The Battle of the Somme.
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Somme: Into the Breach
By Hugh Sebag-Montefiore39 Division 503 41 Division 456, 460, 486 46 Division 118, 228; 137th Brigade 61, 124, 128; 139th Brigade 126, 127–9; ... 8th 268 Northamptonshire Regiment, 6th 247–8 Northumberland Fusiliers 195; 1st/6th Battalion 464; 16th Battalion ...
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Somme: Great War 100 Years
By Richard van Emden, Nigel Cave, Tonie HoltAuthor David Bilton in his work on the Hull Pals highlights the last minute changing decisions of the High Command. Quoting a private in the 10th Battalion, Hull Commercials, he says that the soldier, later to become an officer, ...
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Somme
By Lyn Macdonald. .' The Somme was one of the great turning-points, not just in the First World War, but in British history: the men of an entire generation were crushed in a desperate struggle to survive.