Created by Tom Horn on 8 Dec 2009, Last Update on 8 Dec 2009

The Ancre Heights - 1 Oct 1916

Lieutenant General Hubert Gough's Reserve Army had finally managed to break out of the positions it had occupied since the start of the Somme fighting (1 July) and Gough intended to maintain the pressure on the German forces on the high ground above t...

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