Battle of the Somme - WW1 Documentary

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in the world is on the eve of the breakout police with card can end successfully for us we were told it would be easy of course we could expect a sniper by a stray german naturally suppose one should lose one's head and catch other men cut off suppose the legs get scared and refuse to move on the morning of 1 July 1916 120,000 British soldiers, most of whom are volunteers prepared to fight the biggest

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of the First World War this is the story of one of the bloodiest days in the history of war modern weapons made it possible to kill on a staggering scale 20,000 soldiers killed in a single day of fighting at the end of 1915 the Great War is not going well for Britain and France after year and through enormous efforts and great losses Parts of France and most of Belgium remain under German occupation.

Both sides have dug in and a line of trenches extends from the canal to Switzerland in early 1916. In an attempt to break the stalemate, the Allies agree to a joint summer offensive in an area of ​​their choosing. launching this attack is a 26 mile section of the Western Front in northern France by the River Somme and above up here sir this is rather very good drainage seven no more sitting in the mud in Flanders the man in charge of the British side in the summer campaign it is the newly promoted commander of the 4th Army, General Sir Henry Rawlinson, it is a capital country to undertake an offensive because observation is excellent and with sufficient weapons and ammunition we should be able to avoid the heavy losses suffered by the infantry .

The British and German trenches are divided by an 18-mile-long strip of no man's land running from the town of Ser in the north to the River Somme in the south. Roulin Sion's objective is to expel the Germans from their trenches and liberate the territory they have occupied for the last year and a half. This will be their battlefield under Wilson's command. It is a completely new army. The 4th Army is largely formed. by civilians who volunteered 18 months ago at the outbreak of war typical of this The new army is the 22nd Manchester Battalion. They arrived in France in February 1916.

Captain Charlie May is an aspiring author with a wife and daughter in England. He kept a diary of his time with the song We Go because it is correct and appropriate. What I'm supposed to have as a soldier when I go into action is none other than a well-sold ambition to do or die for his country. The reality I fear falls short in the same battalion with Sergeant Richard H. Tawny, a Christian socialist, opposed the war, but had volunteered after Germany invaded Belgium, refusing an officer's commission to serve. Hatred of the enemy is not common in the ranks.

I think among those here, how can you do your duty as a soldier if you hate it? Killing with hate would be murder. I don't think we are murderers, just executioners, what do you think they will call archery? No, no, yes, five rounds, the battle of moments, call it, whatever was necessary to form a vowel, unlike Germany, in France, Britain did not have. our standing army to mobilize when war broke out War Secretary Lord Kitchener realized that Britain needed a much larger army if it was to influence the war in Europe. He called for 100,000 volunteers in five months.

Two million men had answered the call a year. half later many are on their way to song as thousands more Cyril Jones lied about his age to enlist volunteered for the 2nd Devonshire Battalion when he was only 15 writes regularly to his mother and sisters Ivy and Myrtle at home in Cornwall, that's my sister, how funny, dear Matt, we just got back from the church parade and she received Holy Communion, ask me my name and where I come from, ask me how old I was; of course, he couldn't say anything to a chaplain. I told him he patted me on the back, he said splendid, splendid, not bad if it were him, goodbye and God bless you all, Cyril love.

General Rawlinson's plan for the song is determined by a major concern, aware that his volunteer battalions have no battle experience, so he opts. a simple strategy does not seem to me that the gain of two or three kilometers of terrain is of much importance our objective should rather be to kill as many Germans as possible with the minimum for ourselves Biden told the gentlemen to take what the Germans have all come here and invite them to try to get it back. The German army had reached the Somme in September 1914 and dug its first trench a year and a half later.

This has become an almost impenetrable defensive system. The trenches created a new type of warfare with miles of barbed wire and hundreds of machine gun posts protecting them every attack is extremely costly. Rowlandson's strategy for countering the German defenses is simple: a long artillery barrage will destroy the trenches and kill the German soldiers. They will then send the infantry to the top to march unopposed across no man's land, then repeat the process trench by trench along the entire front with bunkers up to 40 feet underground, often with electric light for recruits. Germans like Private Eversman, Psalm is one of the safest places on the Western Front that he held. a diary of his time there, we sit here doing not much, other than the rats and lice that are always with us, it's not that bad, hey, stop my hustle, just food Zellweger, order to step up some Deadites, now I'm the first line tomorrow and then I will see poison.

Shere Khan, once again, is satisfied, it has become second nature. Rawlinson's volunteer army lacked the battle experience of the German army to compensate for this. They go through intense training for 16-year-old volunteer Cyril Jose. An exercise in the traditional weapon of the British Army is unforgiving. Dear Ivy, back off. I have my own new rifle and bayonet with the burner fixed, it reaches my ear from the ground and almost warms me up. I had my bayonet fixed in my room without the sheath and at that moment I pointed it at another guy. The sergeant walked in my jaw Denise where he told me that it was one of the biggest crimes in the army to point out with his banner anyone said that they could have given me three months of confinement when there were six weeks left before the attack on the Song sector, previously quiet, is undergoing a transformation Shell must be stored roads must be built dig drains, lay water pipes and telephone lines like many other battalions destined for the big push those in Manchester provide the manpower for this enormous task an employee before joining Manchester Arthur Burke describes the preparations for attack on his brother at home, my dear reg, and us is the thrill of digging a trench from the viral online.

Shiva lowered us from behind when you seek him fighting for this solemn place, make a mina, I give it to him, serve us all. Don't worry about the burgers if the names have it because Fritz said he was coming so he started taking his turn and you know you can't dig without making noise so when we stopped my friend on the road from doing it. get the window from him we were dodging and picking from 11:00 until 2:30 a.m. It was a week like when time was running out since Tuesday doing six days on the line of fire four days and reserved this last period has been a pain for Captain May and Sergeant Tony censoring the men's letters is a duty diary.

I hate doing this. It's surprising what you discover. Isn't it about men? I mean, I'd rather not know any of that. You know, friend of the princess platoon, I was sitting in it. paradise one night, while the batteries were firing, one of our shells slammed into the ground with a thud just below where the man was sitting, it was a failure, lucky old Dooley, God bless the fool who made Shelly I said, never bother doing it. change your position Cyril Josie writes home describing the preparations for the big push for the second Devonshire, my dear mother, we have had a rather difficult time, we have been working and building the thicker parapet, as well as doing sentry duty, so We can only get there a little I sleep between reliefs If I sleep three hours in 24 hours I consider that I have done well I hope you have not worried God bless you zero The increase in Allied activity in Psalm is soon noticed by the Germans who respond by reinforcing their defenses When Rawlinson receives reports of this, he demands to see for himself what the Germans are doing.

Rowlandson discovers that the Germans have not been idle: they have begun building an entirely new line of trenches beyond the existing ones. It is an ominous sight that indicates that the Germans intend to fight hard to hold every yard. I see no resistance to defend their well-developed trench system. The Germans had a powerful weapon. The machine gun strategically placed along the front line. The machine gun posts are heavily protected. A well-positioned weapon manned by expert crews can unleash a hail of bullets at a range of 3,000 yards. Lieutenant Franz Cassell and his unit like everyone else throughout the song and now on high alert, British preparations for the offensive involve a huge logistical challenge: 400,000 men and 100,000 horses must be moved and housed, but The key to Rawlinson's plan will be the bombardment that will be the largest in British military history, more than a million and a half more shells stored than have been fired in the last 12 months of war, general rule, the ensign does not He harbors illusions about the challenge facing his inexperienced army, however, he remains convinced that with the right amount of weapons and ammunition he can destroy the German defenses and avoid heavy British casualties.

On June 24, five days before. The attack The guns begin The methodical destruction of the German trenches It is the largest bombardment that the British army has ever carried out Day and night The bombardment never stops Forced to take refuge in their underground bunkers The Germans wait for the bombardment to raise Lieutenant Castle and Your machine-gun crew is on the defenses in the deep Val. We were exhausted. We slept as much as we could. The noise of the porters was so constant that it prevented tired people from sleeping. Surely we could let the mouse laugh at you.

So does the math test. matter of let's try to trust you, you may also not notice this audience and it is a hostile action, there was only one anxiety: could the sentries who stood on the upper steps of the shelter and had to look through from the parapet to see? if the enemy was breaking through the day all night and not all men are heroes as the Allied bombardment enters its third day. British aerial reconnaissance reports. The apparent destruction of the German front line trenches have been leveled. Supply lines and communications cut but invisible from the air. thousands of german troops are still safe in their bunkers after 72 hours of constant bombardment conditions for soldier eversmann are rapidly deteriorating and then through the night jihad a massive wave makes another hunnam how long will it last in the last 12 hours it is estimated that 60,000 projectiles have fallen in our sector, all communication has been cut off, the mother makes noise when speaking to insinuate fun, Mr. people in Chinese I'm missing - it's a child it can't last much longer they say the ammunition will be ready soon but when they will attack the day after tomorrow who knows it wasn't just their shelters that protected the Germans, although the British The bombing was on a scale Unprecedentedly, many thousands of its shells did not explode.

General Rawlinson does not know this and believes that his artillery has completely destroyed the German defenses along the front line. The British troops now prepare to fight the enemy they volunteered to fight. Almost two years ago, Captain Charlie May of the 22nd Manchester recorded the final countdown to attack more orders still cannot, the entire SCAP is accumulating in formidable piles, one almost begins to feel that if any mistake is made in the fight, will be from the top organization, Rawlinson's meticulous plan details the objective of each Manju at the top, so there is a company on the left, then we, companies B and D, are all in the first wave that arrives at zero hour, so we will continue a progressive bombardment. placed by our 18 pounders in the black trench, a gentle walk and then when we get here the bombardment will rise to the next objective there in Danzig alley, then we will reconvene ready for the final objective, which we all You know it's here and here the sergeant every tenth man will carry one of these pieces of metalpolished on your back to allow our artillery to detect our progress and if the sun does not shine sir oh, I am quite sure that Headquarters will have arranged that eventually the use of the The word retreat is absolutely prohibited and, if heard, can only be a ruse of the enemy and should be ignored.

Good progress, Sergeant Captain Charlie May and the 250 men of Company B will attack from trenches one hundred and fifty meters from the German lines in Manette's objective is to take a series of enemy trenches culminating in the rabbit alley and the trench of Fritz and, just one day before the attack begins, heavy rain and low clouds descend upon Song with poor visibility hampering their artillery. Rowlandson decides to postpone the attack. It's 48 hours until the first of July as the guns continue to bombard the German lines 120,000 men ready to attack are ordered to wait, go ahead, okay, so here we are still with abundant speculation and brilliant rumors and grave rumors playing with our minds. thumbs and wandering around in disguise and nowhere. the news from everywhere today is excellent, the timing seems very ambitious for us to attack on the eve of battle, the 22nd Manchester finally leaves their quarters and advances towards the front line, apart from their standard equipment, the men carry 250 cartridges of ammunition to Mills. bombs a waterproof sheet sandbag field bandage emergency ration including biscuits smoke helmet wire cutters pick and shovel with the heaviest tools carried by the strongest men others carry barbed wire fence posts field telephones even carrier pigeons such is the confidence in the artillerybombardment men carry everything they need to take and hold the German trenches the cements overwhelming tranquility of the sky and below joining millions of enemies and allies in their solemn and avoidable embrace dwarfed in insignificance the wrath of man and its feverish energy of destruction was a perfect evening one forgot the purpose for which we went to the trenches a new restaurant the day before the attack a culture of optimism extends from the high command to the ranks Brigadier Rhys has taken recently commanding the 31st Division 94th Brigade, you are about to fight one of the largest battles in the world and, in the fairest course, remember that the Empire will eagerly watch your every move, keep your heads doing your duty and you will completely defeat the enemy you can. walk over it with a cane, rifles you won't need, as the major general said, you will find them all in the pile, it is the caretaker at work, it can take prisoners and if you do, they will share your Russians, they will not undermine any circus. refuses to cross or is trapped behind the line will be shot despite the ensign's faith in his artillery is also prepared for heavy casualties orders 18 ambulance trains to be ready to evacuate wounded American heiress Mary Borden left Chicago to go to work Since then, for the Red Cross, when the war broke out, it installed a mobile hospital attached to the French army that was fighting alongside the British in the Sol Dam.

Kilometers from here, along the road, is the place where men are wounded. This is the place where they are repaired we send our men off the broken road through barbed wire bushes and they return to us one by one in ambulances lying on stretchers we plot against their right to die we experiment with their bones their muscles their blood serves was given common mozella they when we hurt them they try not to cry they often apologize for dying on the eve of battle 120,000 men packed into the British front line trenches the artillery bombardment will continue until the very moment they are scheduled to attack 7:30 a.m. zero hour After six days and six nights under constant bombardment, Private Eversman writes what he believes will be his last diary entry.

My head is crazy. His tongue sticks to the roof of his mouth. Almost nothing to eat, nothing to drink and nothing to sleep. All contact. The shit of the outside world, haven't we had enough of this gruesome horror? This hellish concert. If I can't see my loved ones again, I greet them with that last farewell along the frontline men. What could be your final messages to your families? Cyril Josie, who joined the army when he was just 15, writes to his mother in England. My dear mother, I am very sorry. Ivan waited before, but after I wrote to you for the last time we went to the trenches.

He was too wet to write about the weather until now. Fritz Chuck has lost his weight a little just to relieve the monotony many larks singing about the lines we are one first just before we get up in the morning Ivy asks me if I have grown taller, shorter, thinner or bitter, well I guess Yeah. I grew a little bigger and bigger, about five foot six and a half. I must have now been five feet four and three quarters tall when I enlisted. We will write again as soon as possible. Good boy for the time and God bless you all.

Love from soon. Midnight Sergeant Tony and the Manchesters have yet to reach their positions on the front line. I don't know anything more exasperating walking 1-2 miles with a stop every 10-20 yards, especially when you're one of a long line of tired men. have a rifle and other traps hooked to you, come on, what's the problem up there, a little pork, a little starch, you and get these men moving, sorry buddy, it's early in the morning When the Manchesters finally reached their positions for the attack, the orders to you. they've gone down zero like 7:30 I heard some of the men singing the Marseillaise you know they don't know what it is if you want to know I don't give a damn France Jerry's you can have it what do you know?

You are not going to pressure us like many. Captain Charlie may consider the possibility that he may not survive the coming battle. I shouldn't allow myself to think about the personal. There's no place for that here. Also, it's demoralizing, but I don't want to die. no, but I care for myself if I have to go, I'm ready, but the thought that I will never see you or our dear baby again turns my bath into water, it is quite possible that you just have to read these lines like once passive. interest, on the other hand, may well be my last message to you, you know, throughout your entire life, but I love you and the baby with all my heart and soul, that having sweet things, we will simply love the world for me, I break it or I can do my duty because I know you don't have it, otherwise Saturday July 1, 1916 the British army prepares to launch its largest attack of the first world war its volunteer army with no battle experience is about to face the ultimate test Sergeant Tony witnesses the final frantic bombardment of the German line it was not a noise but a symphony it did not move it loomed over us it was as if the air was filled with a vast, agonizing passion that burst into moans and sighs one only had to raise one's eyes to be horrified by the writhing of the tormented elements ten miles to the north the second middlesex has the greatest distance to his objective 750 yards of no man's land nicknamed Mash Valley second lieutenant Alfred Bundy arrived at France and three weeks ago it is freely stated that there will be no resistance, our drum fire has been continuing for days and the German lines appear to be pulverized.

Surely there is nothing to live there. Those men up there, take them down, it's an easy step, sir, it's nothing like that, take them down now under the command of the four. battalions of the 94th Brigade in July, 1st Brigadier General Rhys has a perfect view of the final bombardment. I stood on it to wash and it was magnificent. The trenches in front of South changed shape and dissolved minute by minute under the terrible L of steel watching. I began to believe in the great possibility of success inspired by the final bearish optimism that spread throughout the British front line, but Captain Charlie May is not so sure that our artillery has destroyed his front line trenches, but not yet It seems that we have stopped your machine. guns, these are shooting at all our parents, as I am right, I trust that they will not claim too many of our boys before the day is over, our dear Rach, these are special felines that we must take care of until perhaps you return have news from me. everything at this moment is absolutely approved it is very cheerful still very bright and confident in the best of luck remind me sincerely of my many kind old friends my dearest love tomorrow taught Monty and the baby administrator mrs.

Oliver, no, bye, you love him, brother, the last nine minutes, those should lose their minds and cut other men, give him a Jimi, I guess the legs should get scared, refuse to move, surely the man walks between cliffs , no one knows the rot that is in it until it cracks. then it's too late Harry, your watch can. Thanks here, it's hard, leave me good luck Diamond Danzig Ally, don't shout, don't run and for the love of God guys, don't hit, dear. I only have time to write a few lines before the publication comes out, I guess.

I'll be gone soon oh, these horrors of war, well, goodbye for a while, live dear love to all the zero, four miles behind the front line. Rowlandson and his staff officers watched the culmination of their months of planning. I got sick, let's get in right on time at 7:30 a.m. m. Along the entire 18-mile front, 60,000 men abandon their trenches and begin crossing no man's land. Stay with me, aren't you Sailor Jimmy? And we will be fine. You will be with me? Look, it's just a short walk. From one end of the traffic to the other, Lieutenant Castillo and his machine gun crew have survived the bombardment like thousands of other Germans.

The end of the bombardment is the signal to abandon their bunkers and defend their first line, they run out of their shelters and run towards man, the machine gun posts, no guys, we're still alive, the Mo's have come out of their hole in the south of the battlefield, the 22nd Manchester led the attack on my med beep expansion, we had 900 yards of ground rugged to the trench that was our first objective through the fanatics on their land and around 1500 to another trench where we had to wait for orders. O'Connell had watched as they ascended the stairs and his last comments were: Isn't that wonderful?

We spread out to six locations and walked around the center. from battlefield ii middlesex you are halfway to smash valley do not retreat there maintain formation this is the first time lieutenant bundy has led a platoon into battle my platoon continued to advance in good order until we were almost halfway there towards the chief's frontline stacks Here they come, but the khaki yellows not only has the British bombardment failed to cause many casualties among the German troops, but it has also failed to cut much of the advancing barbed wire. British soldiers are forced to push through any gaps in these defenses, making them easy targets.

The machine gun fire I shouted silenced most of those who were not hit. They had already taken whatever cover they could find. In every direction, pitiful moans and cries of pain came from less than a mile away. II Devonshire begins its attack in oval airs. Cyril Josie. It's in the first wave at 7:30 we go through with the fool seriously the over the top over the top song and we never come back again people say you go completely crazy, we don't. I have never felt so cool and so serious. -In fact, all my life I was amazed by the advance of Brigadier General Rhys Watson's brigade in his refuge and I have never seen a more excellent demonstration of individual and collective bravery than the advance of that brigade.

I never saw a man waver in the exact line prescribed for him, I was even more surprised by the reception, of course, we could expect a stranger to shoot at us, you know, what hailstorms, that's the chance that once had to dodge bullets , shrapnel, except Johnny has been targeting me for over 13 months. thrown all sorts of things at me that calls boxes to iron foundries and then you manage to put a bullet in my shoulder must have been that stray sniper while Brigadier Rhys watches his men decimated by machine gun fire there are worse things to come, The German artillery that the British thought had been destroyed begins to open fire.

It was the most frightening display of artillery I had seen up to that time and in some ways I think it was the most intense bombardment I have seen brought down by the defense on any occasion in the world. south end of Manchester. They have crossed no man's land in 15 minutes and have taken the enemy trench which is their first objective. They have three more trenches to take this morning, so this should be a piece of cake. I hate touching wounded men. Such moral cowardice, I guess I've seen it, you just keep building that first step that hurts them so much and there's so little to do.

We are losing the bombing. Leave the wounded. Prepare the men to move. Captain Maye's company advances to its nextgoal, but they are a few minutes behind. timing the artillery bombardment covering their advance into Danzig Alley has already advanced, giving the Germans time to man their defenses Rawlinson arrives at his headquarters four miles behind the front line and receives the first reports on the battle . I know I was there at the last moment. In a few minutes, gentlemen, we have crossed the German line. The first reports reaching Rawlinson are positive, in fact, although the attack is faltering on most of the British front, significant progress has been made, although in the south of the battlefield, near Metz, the Manchesters have They took their first objective but are now suffering fierce German counterattacks.

The Germans were brave men, as brave as lions. It was crazy. It seemed that one could not fail them. All the men I shot fell except one, the boldest of all those I missed. more than once I didn't even want to hurt him I was missing I hated that is the most beastly thing in war a damn frivolity God forgive us all at 8:30 an hour after the attack about 60,000 British soldiers have been sent into battle less than a third has achieved their objectives in just 60 minutes it is estimated that 30,000 have been casualties, eight soldiers hit each second half of the first wave line up dead or wounded in no man's land throughout the morning another 60 thousand British soldiers overcome the top emerge from their trenches to face fierce German machine gun and artillery fire Lieutenant Castillo and his machine gun unit The advancing troops are an easy target Second Lieutenant Alpha Bundy is still trapped in no man's land here the mob has failed to destroy by complete The German defenses Bundy's first experience of battle has been seeing his platoon die live.

Is he German? In which direction is a massacre unfolding along the 18 mile front? Brigadier Rhys has seen much of his brigade destroyed and it is becoming increasingly clear that the attack here. In Being he is going disastrously wrong, now he decides to go directly against Rawlinson's orders, what do the signs say? Dead lines, sir, the second wave of support will receive the wildest reports. only men we, I mean be, must be prisoners where is the brigade? Reserve now to pass now sir, stop them under no circumstances should they be allowed to leave their trenches my two staff officers were considerably surprised when I stopped the advance, do you hear?

It was their first experience in Bethel and it was difficult for them to understand that the entire brigade had been destroyed by mid-morning, tens of thousands of men were immobilized, wounded or dead, in no man's land, the news that the attack was not planned. reached General Singh and Fourth Army Headquarters. I think I understand that it cannot be that both are well, have we established ourselves in the service or are we in retreat? 31. Listen sir. I'd like to believe you, but right now I'm not sure I can get a message to Gough to tell him that the cavalry won't move before 2:00 p.m.

All interns, there is only significant progress on the northern and southern end of the battlefield when you issue confusing reports that reach HQ instead of pushing the advancers home. with his cavalry he decides to wait after his initial success the Manchesters have been decimated by strong German counterattacks Captain May and Sergeant Tony urgently need reinforcements we have about 20 men fit for something when I highlight the opening McDonald has just disappeared I will find them waiting Zubin, three rods firing fast now in a desperate search for more men. Sergeant Tony returns to the British lines. Of course, it was idiotic.

Our company had lost half or more of its strength. Why should it have gone to a company? Better not there. I suppose the idea of ​​mass death requires a lot of work before one can understand it. Reinforced Tony. The search for reinforcements ended at noon. Rowlandson has begun to understand the full extent of the failure of his plan. It's true? I'm not at the bar, it's been quick and sir, there too the casualties are already starting to arrive, a cheerful Borden hospital, most of the wounded, however, are still stranded on the battlefield. It was my business to know which of the wounded could wait and which.

I couldn't if I made a mistake someone would die on their stretchers on the floor under my eyes that didn't need to have died Donnelly Drusilla glam I have learned to read the signs by what is written on their tickets and by the way they look and the way they that feel my hand my hand can distinguish a little of itself one type of cold from another it can distinguish between the cold of the night and the stealthy cold of death this is the second battlefield in which a battle or the defenseless bodies of these and basically we all salute Bozell's attacks we are the ones fighting now but they are real enemies at noon after eight days underground private eversmann is still fighting hard to defend the German line lieutenant Alfred Bundy has been trapped in a shell hole in no man's land since the attack began four and a half hours ago.

From time to time I tried to move left and right but the bullets formed an impenetrable barrier. I was almost tempted to take a chance and crawl back into the daylight. I'm stretching. on the dock, but I thought I would lose my sense of direction in my distressed state. Of the 800 men of Lieutenant Bundy's battalion who attacked that morning, 540 have been wounded or killed across the battlefield. Nearly 60,000 British troops have suffered six times as many casualties. number expected to rule soon thousands of men are dying from their wounds in no man's land this is death I don't know how most men feel when they are wounded what I felt was that I had been hit with a tremendous iron hammer swung by a giant of inconceivable strength and then twisted with some kind of disgusting key stretcher.

Varys of course, they were imbecile and cowardly orderlies, they couldn't hear me and if they could they wouldn't have come, I was asking them to commit suicide, but I had lost self-respect after more than six hours of fighting. The 22nd Manchester have reached only 1,000 meters from their front line and have not yet taken Danzig Alley. Captain Charlie May does not know that his friend, Sergeant Tony, is injured. a few hundred meters away finally the great Manchester pass under Danzig alley now face to face with the enemy the fight with bayonet and hand grenades begins it was hell we stopped the biters we left them out of time he raised his hands mercy governor if we had given in he mercy I don't think for Albert Andrews his face to face encounter with the enemy is a moment of truth Oh Oh bitumen half of that neshama listen to me I've touched a Dukes is my what some guns and a Hoffa lining my computer was in the garden bayonetta his chest was shaking and he seemed angry saying something I didn't understand, come on Alice, you know, all I could understand was that they didn't want me to kill him.

Next time you go, I'm farming, get out of there, go. soft, what kind of things they were killing during the entire trip, there were no Germans wounded, but killed by zone, we have not been told exactly about our prisoners, but we will give you to understand that that was what was wanted. The same type of thing happened in the second German trench in the third captured many weapons etc. all kinds of memories but the memory we treasure most is my life, pray to rich God and thank him for sparing me so much mercy, Captain Charlie he may not be so blessed, his body is found outside Danzig alley.

Nobody saw him die, honey, until now. Not during your entire life that I loved you and my baby with all my heart and soul. Making sweet things meant the world to me. May's battalion took its objective at a huge cost of 820. The men of the 22nd Manchester who attacked that morning 472 have died wounded or are missing despite the British advance in southern Bime, immense throughout most of of the 18-mile front, fierce German resistance has effectively destroyed the attack. Lieutenant Castle is injured in the fighting at FIFA. At the end of the afternoon he can leave his machine gun unit to receive first aid for another half hour and it becomes clear that the attack has been repaired.

I find the captain of mission B of the third company suffering a heart attack, now only a few men remain of the second line remained alive it is still not evident that the first of July has been the worst day in British military history in its newspaper that night ruins and notes that there are 16,000 casualties, in fact his army has lost many more, almost 40,000 wounded and more 19,000 men have died Rawlinson's offensive has been a mortal failure only a fraction of those wounded on the battlefield are evacuated to the hospital. Thousands die in no man's land from injuries that, if treated, would not be fatal after hours in no man's land.

Sergeant Tony is found by a doctor. He couldn't have been more than 25 years old, but his face seemed to shine with love and understanding. He listened like an angel when I told him a confusing story and then said I had been shot with a rifle bullet. and it scared me more later I realized that he thought I was finished but then I felt divine compassion flowing over me I didn't care I was like a dog kicked and harassed by everyone who finally found a master we are your ghosts in this game played by monkeys organized by lunatics and merry The ambulances from Borden Hospital continue to bring wounded men from the battlefield the air was thick with steaming sweat mud dirt and blood I'm not hungry I'm not tired I'm busy it was a very political for shizuka mascot, save, ok, before it's a scene in eternity in some strange hell of dreams where I'm glad I'm employed where I belong, we're locked up together, the wounded and I stole bleh in Kiske, fellow Englishman, you're hurt in the stomach. be okay LM off limits tofu Private Eversman is one of the estimated 8,000 German casualties.

His diary was found on the afternoon of July 1st. What will be the result? God knows if I will live to see the dawn of a new day for Allied commanders. It is not about abandoning the offensive, with many wounded still in no man's land, the fighting resumes the next morning in July. Seventeen-year-old Second Cyril Josie is one of the lucky ones wounded in the first five minutes of the battle. He was evacuated to hospital and then back to England, my dear. I couldn't get back to our own lines until the next morning. I didn't eat anything, but I lived by tearing war balls from dead men around 6:00 a.m. m.

I started to fall. Old Johnny shot the old way, but I dodged him with new O shells. I heard of a battalion 27 hours after the battle, so you can imagine 27 hours of a thousand men, thank you or flee for the money order. love for father, mother and Ranbir Cyril, like so many others, Captain Charlie May was buried where he fell Over the next few days, a shockwave traveled across the British Isles as thousands of telegrams told mothers, wives and lovers that their men would not return home, the battle at the Sun continued to advance murderously for another four months until it petered out in November 1916.

It ended on roughly the same ground on which it had begun. Both sides bled to death. The final combined casualty figure of the British, French and German soldiers who fought there was more than 1 million. dead wounded or lost senseless carnage this battle in the war that was supposed to end all wars was actually just the beginning of the bloodiest century in history