reproduced in colour for the first time to mark the centenary of our nation’s bloodiest conflict. Today we commemorate 100 years since the first day of the Battle of the Somme, in which nearly ...

"I believe that colour adds another dimension to historic ... to pay a silent tribute to the thousands who died in the Battle of the Somme. On the eve of the deadliest chapters of World War ...

This July 1 marks the 98th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. This battle, estimated to be the second bloodiest in World War I, lasted for five months. The first day of the ...

Britons are paying tribute today to the hundreds of thousands of men who fought on the battlefield of the Somme. #WeAreHere: Soldiers hand out cards for the fallen soldiers of the Battle of the ...

The Battle of the Somme, of which 1st July was just the first, disastrous day, raged for another four months, and was vital not only in diverting German forces away from their assault on the ...

July 1, 1916, marked the beginning of a nearly five-months-long fight on the banks of the Somme river in northern France. By the time the battle ended on Nov. 18, French, British and German forces ...

On July 1, 1916, the cream of the British army went over the top on a 14-mile front along the Somme River in northern France. The Battle of the Somme was the largest military action undertaken in ...

In the current issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Joseph Loconte describes the horrors of the first day of the Battle of the Somme: At 7 a.m. on July 1, 1916, the British Army unleashed a hellish ...