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Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: Tragedy on the Somme: A Second Balaclava

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For six days, heavy guns poured 1.6 million shells onto the deeply echeloned German trench lines on the Somme. Surely nothing could survive that, or could it? A chilling account of the Battle of the Somme, and its continuing effect on Britain and the world. (Written by Eric Margolis, Published 8-Jul-1996)

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