Elegy : the first day on the Somme
Roberts, Andrew, 1963-2016
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On 1st July 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and five French divisions launched their long-awaited 'Big Push' on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a terrible cost. In killing-grounds whose names are indelibly imprinted on 20th-century memory, German machine-guns - manned by troops who had sat out the storm of shellfire in deep dugouts - inflicted terrible losses on the British infantry. Andrew Roberts evokes the pity and the horror of the blackest day in the history of the British army - a summer's day-turned-hell-on-earth by modern military technology - in the words of casualties, survivors, and the bereaved.
Main title:
Elegy : the first day on the Somme / Andrew Roberts.
Author:
Roberts, Andrew, 1963-, author
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2016.
Collation:
291 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784080020 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
686731
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Central Library | Adult non-fiction | 940.4272 ROB | Available |
| Newport Pagnell Library | Adult non-fiction | 940.4272 ROB | Available |