The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1916

CHAPTER V

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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

From July 2 to July 14, 1916

General situation--Capture of La Boiselle by Nineteenth Division--Splendid attack by 36th Brigade upon Ovillers--Siege and reduction of Ovillers--Operations at Contalmaison--Desperate fighting at the Quadrangle by Seventeenth Division--Capture of Mametz Wood by Thirty-eighth Welsh Division--Capture of Trones Wood by Eighteenth Division