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A British General who lead troops in the British campaign during the first World War.

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The battle first started July 1st 1916 ad until November 1916.

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The battle of Somme was fought near the river Somme in France.

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It was fought by the British and French allied forces against the Germans and is one of the bloodiest battles of the first World War

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The war was fought with machine guns, artillery, flamethrowers, hand grenades, and other new weapons of war that were used during the Battle of Somme.

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Commander in Chief Douglass Haig ended the bloodshed of the battle after over 4 months of battle.

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Newspaper Article

1. The British managed to take prisoners

2. Their casualties were not heavy

3. An artillery bombardment on the German front lasted an hour and a half

4. The battle was 20 miles north from the river of Somme

5. Says British troops are already occupying the German Front Line

Eye Witness Account

1. The second day the soldiers saw that they did not have a visual advantage but the Germans did

2. The attack the British conducted was repelled not causing as much damage as expected

3. Soldiers died from the artillery almost as much as the wire the Germans used to fortify their position

4. The machine guns had torn threw the bodies not giving the soldiers a chance

5. The soldiers that got stuck in the wire were stuck almost as if they were praying when they died before the machine guns found them.