Somme 1916
Subtitle: a battlefield companion
By: Gerald Gliddon
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780752495354; 9780752453354
Subjects: Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916; HISTORY; Western; History & Archaeology; History - General
Description: Gerald Gliddon's classic survey of the Somme battlefield in 1916, first published in 1987 to great acclaim, has been greatly expanded and updated to include the latest research and analysis. Supported by a wide selection of archive photographs and drawing on the testimony of those who took part, this new edition covers both the famous battle sites, such as High Wood and Mametz Wood and lesser known villages on the outlying flanks. It includes a day-by-day account of the British build-up on the Somme and the ensuing struggle, British and German orders of battle and a full history of the ce.
Notes: English.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to this Edition; Acknowledgements; Author's Introduction; List of Abbreviations; Somme Diary; The Somme: Abbeville to Zollern Redoubt; Appendix I: A Note on Casualties Incurred in the Somme Battle; Appendix II: Higher Command British Expeditionary Force; Appendix III: Battles and Engagements; Appendix IV: Army Divisions; Appendix V: German Divisions Facing the British on the Somme; Appendix VI: 'Lost' Somme Cemeteries; Bibliography.