The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1916
CHAPTER II
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
Attack of the Seventh and Eighth Corps on Gommecourt, Serre, and Beaumont Hamel
Line of battle in the Somme sector--Great preparations--Advance of Forty-sixth North Midland Division--Advance of Fifty-sixth Territorials (London)--Great valour and heavy losses--Advance of Thirty-first Division--Advance of Fourth Division--Advance of Twenty-ninth Division--Complete failure of the assault