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The Somme (UK: / s ɒ m / SOM, US: / s ʌ m / SUM; [1] [2] French: ⓘ) is a river in Picardy, northern France. The river is 245 km (152 mi) in length, from its source in the high ground of the former Arrouaise Forest [ fr ] at Fonsomme near Saint-Quentin , to the Bay of the Somme , in the English Channel .
The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme; German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire.
As the highest point on the 1916 Somme battlefield, the town was a vital objective – whichever side controlled it would have unimpeded views of much of the enemy front. The Allies expected to capture the town (and beyond) on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, but three weeks later it was still firmly in German hands.
Schlacht an der Somme; 1916; Beaumont-Hamel; Gommecourt (Pas-de-Calais) Puisieux (Pas-de-Calais) Usage on et.wikipedia.org Somme'i lahing; Usage on eu.wikipedia.org Ancre ibaiko gudua; Usage on fa.wikipedia.org نبرد سم; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Bataille de la Somme; Georges de Bazelaire; Bataille de la crête de Bazentin; Bataille de Morval
Map of the Battle of the Somme, with Ovillers and La Boisselle almost in the centre At the start 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 , the ruined villages of Ovillers and La Boisselle found themselves at the very epicentre of events, with the D 929 Albert ...
The Ancre river flows west to Hamel then turns south through a valley past Miraumont, Grandcourt, Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre and St Pierre Divion.On the north side of the river, the Auchonville Spur (with a lower feature called Hawthorn Ridge) and Beaucourt Spur, which descends from Colincamps and Grandcourt Spur, with the village of Serre-lès-Puisieux (Serre) on its summit to the north, point ...
original map: Map_of_German_Somme_offensive_1918.jpg US military; Licensing. I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
The British Third and Fourth armies, together with nine corps of the French Sixth Army, would attack the German 2nd Army in an area stretching from Foucaucourt south of the River Somme northwards beyond the River Ancre, to Serre and Gommecourt, 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) beyond. The objective of the attack was to capture the German first and second ...