7.29 a.m., 1 st July 1916. North of the River Somme the young men of two armies wait to go 'over the top'. For Britain it was the costliest day in its ...
The Somme: 7.29 a.m., 1st July 1916. Young men of fifteen British and six French divisions wait to go 'over the top'. Within a few hours, over 57,000 ...