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Preparing for the Big Push On the Western Front
In a memoir extract, a soldier describes the lead up to the Somme battle, intense trench rehearsals and feints, star shells and barbed wire, and a night raid that ends with heavy casualties, including the narrator’s severe wounds and a failed attempt to capture prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frits
No Man’s Land
Fritz
Brooklyn
Atwell
Machine Gun
Uck
France
Tommy
Pepper
Jersey City
Scottie
Jack
Gommecourt Wood