[DOC] [TLE] Battle of the Somme - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of the Somme also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the 
First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against 
the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both 
sides of the upper reaches of the River Somme in France. ... At the end of the 
battle, British and French forces had penetrated 10 km (6... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of the Somme - World War I - HISTORY.com [PAR] Fought between July 1 and November 1, 1916 near the Somme River in ... 
campaign the Allies and Central Powers would lose more than 1.5 million men. ... 
the British had suffered around 420,000 casualties, and the French about 
200,000. [DOC] [TLE] Battles of the Somme 1916 & 1918 - The GreatWar 1914-1918 [PAR] View of the Ancre river valley from the southern bank looking north-west towards 
... He was hoping for a victory over the French Army in Picardy followed by a ... in 
which the Bavarians of the German Sixth Army suffered heavy casualties, the .... 
Exactly one week after the decision to make the Allied Somme offensive the... [DOC] [TLE] Battles of the Western Front 1914-1918 - The GreatWar 1914-1918 [PAR] Section of an aerial photograph, May 1917, over the Front Lines east of 
Ploegsteert ... the Meuse river valley between the Dutch border and the Ardennes 
forests. ... Although the French attacks had held up the German advance for a few 
days, by ..... The 1916 Battle of the Somme (1 July - 18 November 1916) was an 
Allied... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of the Somme - WW1 East Sussex [PAR] Scene in a communication trench before an attack. July 1916. Battle of the 
Somme. On 1 July 1916, British and French forces attacked German positions 
along the River Somme in what has become one of the most infamous and .... (
RGA), firing from the Fricourt-Mametz Valley during the Battle of the Somme, 
August 1916. [DOC] [TLE] BBC - iWonder - The Battle of the Somme: 141 days of horror [PAR] The battle of the Somme, fought in Northern France, was one of the bloodiest of 
World War One - in total there were one million casualties. ... However, the 
French had more success and inflicted big losses on German troops. .... The most 
powerful scene, depicting British soldiers going over the top to face the Germans, 
was... [DOC] [TLE] The End of the World - The New York Times [PAR] Jun 27, 1999 ... Thiepval lies in the valley of the Somme River, athwart the trench lines of ... of war
, the British suffered 420,000 casualties, the French 195,000, the Germans 
600,000. On the very first day of the Battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916, in just 24 
... who lost it and with it some two million men, or for the French, upon... [DOC] [TLE] The Battle of the Somme changed the face of warfare - Mashable [PAR] Jul 1, 2016 ... July 1-Nov. 18, 1916. The Battle of the Somme. 100 years ago, the bloody birth of 
... 1916. French troops prepare to move on German positions. ... along the upper 
reaches of the River Somme, in a morass of mud, shattered ... British troops go "
over the top" in a scene staged for a newsreel film on the battle. [DOC] [TLE] The Battles of Fromelles and Pozires - Story of the Days - ABC [PAR] Beginning on 1st July 1916, with battles fought on both sides of the river ... than a 
million casualties on both sides, marking the Somme as one of the bloodiest ... 
advance across northwest Europe was halted by the British and French. ... For 
the past two days, British artillery fire against German positions has also 
intensified. [DOC] [TLE] A Sunlit Picture of Hell: Battle of the Somme - Warfare History Network [PAR] Jul 25, 2016 ... The British lost an entire generation at the 1916 Battle of the Somme; a new ... 
one million German soldiers dashed against approximately

Question: The valley of this French river was the scene of a 1916 battle that had over 1 million casualties
Answer: the Somme