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When did it start?
The Battle of the Somme began on July 1st, 1916.

How long did the battle last?
The Battle ended until November 1916.

Why did General Sir Douglass Haig receive backlash?
This backlash or criticism was based on the shocking amount of casualty figures the British and the French underwent.

What was the ending result?
After the Battle, the British army had lost 420,000 casualties. They had suffered about 60,000 casualties on the just the first day. The French had suffered the loss of 200,000 men, while the Germans experienced the loss of 500,000 men.

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Who was Field Marshal Haig?
Field Marshal Haig was a World War I general, he like the majority of commanders committed actions that were viewed as both beneficial and detrimental.

What did he do?
Lead the British Army during the Battle of the Somme.

When?
He lead through the time period of World War I, events that were a part or influenced the war started occurring during 1914.

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Who was he?
General Rees, was a commander of 94th Infantry Brigade at the Somme.

What did he do?
He lead his men into battle on the 1st of July.

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Who was he?
George Coppard was a machine-gunner at the Battle of the Somme.

What did he do?
He wrote a book called With a Machine Gun to Cambrai which depicted what he saw on the 2nd of July in 1916.

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The Battle at the Somme began with a weeklong artillery bombardment of the German lines. The amount of shells fired at the Germans were 1,738,000.

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The Allied Troops: they had left their trenches and headed towards ‘no mans land’ where the German front lines were. The consequence was that many of them were gunned down.

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The conditions at the time of Battle were heinous. The muddy conditions made horses and the riders an easier target. The Battle of the Somme was a horrific event, the combat that resulted was bloody and terrifying.

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At the end of the Battle of the Somme which was in November 1916, the British had suffered the loss of 420,000. While the French lost 200,000 men and the Germans 500,000.

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“The Daily Chronicle” published a report on the battle on July 3rd.

At around seven in the morning the British Army had launched a powerful attack

Soon following was a bombardment, which lasted around an hour and thirty minutes

So far there have not been many casualties at this point in the battle

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The actual event through the eyes of the soldiers.

The British attack had been harshly repulsed

Hundreds of people lay dead, and almost the same amount of people were lost to the enemy

Many people died on their knees, the wire preventing their fall