First day on the Somme
The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the opening day 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. Nine corps of the French Sixth Army, the British Fourth and the Third armies, attacked the German 2nd Army of General Fritz von Below, from Foucaucourt south of the Somme northwards to Serre, north of the Ancre and at Gommecourt, which was 2 miles (3.2 km) beyond, in the Third Army area. The objective of the attack was to capture the German first and second positions from Serre south to the Albert–Bapaume road and the first position from the road south to Foucaucourt.
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First day on the Somme
The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the opening day 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. Nine corps of the French Sixth Army, the British Fourth and the Third armies, attacked the German 2nd Army of General Fritz von Below, from Foucaucourt south of the Somme northwards to Serre, north of the Ancre and at Gommecourt, which was 2 miles (3.2 km) beyond, in the Third Army area. The objective of the attack was to capture the German first and second positions from Serre south to the Albert–Bapaume road and the first position from the road south to Foucaucourt.
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1916年7月1日的索姆河戰役首日是艾伯特戰役的開戰首日,也 ...... 持續到7月13日,也就在下一次主要進攻巴藏丹田壟戰役的前夕。
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The first day on the Somme, 1 ...... 1915 and the Battle of Verdun.
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British: 57,470 including 19,240 killed
French: 7,000
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1916-07-01
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(In the German ten-day casualt ...... asualties and 7,539 men sick.)
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13 British divisions
6 French divisions
6 divisions
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1916年7月1日的索姆河戰役首日是艾伯特戰役的開戰首日,也 ...... 持續到7月13日,也就在下一次主要進攻巴藏丹田壟戰役的前夕。
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The first day on the Somme, 1 ...... the road south to Foucaucourt.
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索姆河戰役首日
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