Battle of the Somme: 100 years since the British and French armies fought side-by-side at Guillemont and Maricourt
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The Battle of the Somme, fought between July and November 1916, was one of the defining events of the First World War. With more than one million casualties on all sides during the 141 days of the battle, virtually every …