[DOC] [TLE] First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of the Somme, 1916 [PAR] The attack was launched upon a 30 kilometre front, from north of the Somme river 
between Arras ... The plan was agreed upon by the new British Commander in 
Chief, ... back into their trenches by the effectiveness of the German machine gun 
response. ... The tanks were rolled out at 06:20 on the morning of 15 September. [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 ... 
armies fought the Germans in a brutal battle of attrition on a 15-mile front. ... As 
the British soldiers advanced, they were mown down by machine gun and rifle 
fire. .... However, in September the Germans deployed new planes and new 
tactics. [DOC] [TLE] The Battlefield Debut of the Tank, 1916 - EyeWitness to History [PAR] It was the summer of 1915 and the British were desperate. Fighting on the 
Western Front had degenerated into stalemate. ... The new weapon made its 
battlefield debut on September 15, 1916 when fifty of the machines joined the 
Battle of the Somme in a third attempt to attack and break through the German 
defenses. [DOC] [TLE] Battles of the Somme 1916 & 1918 - The GreatWar 1914-1918 [PAR] By 22nd September 1914, following the First Battle of the Marne (6th  12th ... 
Ancre river valley and over the gently rolling chalk hills to the Somme river. ... In 
December 1915 the new British front stretched from Ransart to Curlu on ... The 
take-over was carried out from mid March 1916. ..... Long Range Gun Fires on 
Paris. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of FlersCourcelette - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of FlersCourcelette (1522 September 1916) was fought during the 
Battle of the Somme in ... Haig believed that the German defence of the Somme 
front was weakening and that by mid-September might collapse altogether. .... In 
March 1916, Swinton was given command of the new Heavy Section, Machine-
Gun... [DOC] [TLE] Weapons on Land - Tanks and Armoured Vehicles | Canada and the ... [PAR] The British turned to armoured vehicles as one way to cross No Man's Land and 
... Mortars and artillery provided support to the front line infantry with firepower 
from ... British forces first used tanks during the Battle of the Somme in September 
1916. ... British commander-in-chief, Sir Douglas Haig, to reveal the secret 
weapon... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of the Somme - WW1 facts including General Haig [PAR] The Battle of the Somme was planned as a joint French and British operation. ... 
Haig used 750,000 men (27 divisions) against the German front-line (16 divisions
). ... Of course, he was carrying out government policy, because after the war he 
... As late as September 1916, Charteris was telling General Douglas Haig: "It is... [DOC] [TLE] A Bold New History of the Battle of the Somme | History | Smithsonian [PAR] And at 7:30, some 120,000 troops of the British Expeditionary Force rose out of 
their ... the Somme Offensive and the quest to crack open the Western Front of 
World War I. The Allied ... On the Somme, they deployed a copy of the weapon 
devised by the ... On February 21, 1916, the German Army took the offensive at 
Verdun. [DOC] [TLE] WW1, 25 August 1916, Battle of the Somme; British lorry towing back ... [PAR] SOMME OFFENSIVE WESTERN FRONT 1916 (Q 4147) 135 Siege Battery 
Artificers attending to two. Save ... The gun was named after the heiress to the 
Krupp fortune. .... Late June 1916, British gunners roll artillery shells to their guns, 
at the Somme. Save ..... First World War soldiers recall terror of trenches in new 
footage. [DOC] [TLE] The Woods And Copses: Nature's Fortresses of the Somme [PAR] May 22, 2008 ... A careful review of the 1916 British Ordnance Survey Maps, covering ... the Wood 
and extended out on both sides along Bezantin Ridge). ... 12th September 1916, 
was the last

Question: In September 1916 the British rolled out this new secret weapon on the Somme front
Answer: the tank