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The Allied advance in the Anglo-French Somme Offensive of 1916. As French forces were transferred to the defense of Verdun, British forces took on more of the burden. Text: Sur la Somme On the Somme Map: Départ de la Poussée (Start of the Push), Somme, Péronne, Courcelette, Martinpuich, Thiepval, Pozieres, la Boiselle, Contalmaison, Maurepas, Hem, Clery, le Forest, Combles, Rancourt, Bouchavesnes, Allaines, Mt. St. Quentin, la Tortille

The Allied advance in the Anglo-French Somme Offensive of 1916. As French forces were transferred to the defense of Verdun, British forces took on more of the burden.

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Sur la Somme

On the Somme



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Départ de la Poussée (Start of the Push), Somme, Péronne, Courcelette, Martinpuich, Thiepval, Pozieres, la Boiselle, Contalmaison, Maurepas, Hem, Clery, le Forest, Combles, Rancourt, Bouchavesnes, Allaines, Mt. St. Quentin, la Tortille,

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