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The Battle of Albert was the first two weeks of Anglo-French offensive operations in the Battle of the Somme. The Allied preparatory artillery bombardment began on 24 June and the Anglo-French infantry attacked on 1 July, on the south bank from Foucaucourt to the Somme and from the Somme north to Gommecourt, 2 mi (3.2 km) beyond Serre.
Associated items Photography; Associated people and organisations British Army; Associated places Mametz Wood, Pas-de-Calais, France; Associated events
The first day on the Somme (1 July 1916) was the beginning of the Battle of Albert (1–13 July) the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the Battle of the Somme (1 July–18 November) in the First World War. Nine corps of the French Sixth Army and the British Fourth and Third armies attacked the German 2nd Army (General Fritz ...
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English: The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Transport lines and camps in Happy Valley, near Albert, July 1916. In foreground, shoeing a horse, a soldier holding horse's head is a Royal Scot.Troops wear captured Prussian helmets.
English: The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Mr Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister of the Liberal Government 1908-1915 and of the Coalition Government until 1916, watches a squadron of aeroplanes returning to RFC Headquarters at Frevillers. With him is General Hugh Trenchard who was considered to be the Father of the Independent Air Force.
Acheux-en-Amiénois, Somme, France; Associated events Battles of the Somme 1916, Allied Offensive, Western Front, First World War; Associated themes British Army 1914-1918, Western Front 1914-1918; Category