The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1916

CHAPTER X

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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

Breaking of the Third Line, September 15

Capture of Martinpuich by Fifteenth Division--Advance of Fiftieth Division--Capture of High Wood by Forty-seventh Division--Splendid advance of New Zealanders--Capture of Flers by Forty-first Division--Advance of the Light Division--Arduous work of the Guards and Sixth Divisions--Capture of Quadrilateral--Work of Fifty-sixth Division on flank--Debut of the tanks