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Battle of the Somme

90 years ago today

         

Essex_boy

6:47 am on Jul 1, 2006 (gmt 0)

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7.28 AM GMT, the battle of Somme began the worst day in British millitary history.

By the end of the battle 68000 British men lay dead.

May they rest in peace.

Patrick Taylor

11:06 pm on Jul 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I agree, but that's less than the number of Roman dead at the end of the Battle of Cannae (which they lost against Hannibal and his amazing elephants - the bloodiest one-day battle in history).