24 Hours at the Somme by Kershaw, Robert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Contents About the Book About the Author The Somme Time-Line The Chain of Command British and German Ranks Some of the Voices from the Somme Title Page Introduction Prologue 1. Materialschlacht : Inside the German Bunkers

1 July 1916. Midnight to 4 am 00.10 AM Fritz 2 AM to 4 AM The Trench Pigs 4 AM In the Line. ‘Lord God! Just Let Them Come!’

2. Boulevard Street to Culver Street: The British Trenches

3. Château Generals

4. ‘Over the Top’

4.45 to 7.30 am 4.45 to 6.30 AM ‘The Larks Were Singing’ … Hours to Go 6.30 to 7.30 AM Minutes to Go

5. The Race to the Parapet

7.15 to 9.30 am 7.15 to 7.45 AM Raus! Raus! Out! Out! 7.30 to 9 AM The ‘Kaiser’s Oak’. Gommecourt 7.30 to 9.30 AM The ‘Danger Tree’. North of the Ancre

6. Schwerpunkt : Thiepval Plateau

7.40 to 11 am 7.40 to 10 AM The ‘Devil’s Dwelling Place’. The Schwaben Redoubt 7.28 to 11 AM Sausage and Mash

7. Break-In

7.30 am to 1 pm 7.30 AM to 1 PM The Shrine. Fricourt to Mametz 7.30 AM to 1 PM Break-In. Mametz to Montauban

8. ‘Silly Old Devils’: Château Decisions

8.30 am to 5 pm 8.30 AM to 3 PM ‘The Invisible Battle’. British Headquarters 7.30 AM to 5 PM The Direct Order. German Headquarters

9. The Lull

Midday to 9.30 pm Midday to 9 PM The Sun over No Man’s Land 1 PM to 9.30 PM ‘Stop the Rot’. The Schwaben Penetration

10. Blood-Red Sunset

9.30 pm to midnight 9.30 to 10.05 PM Merciful Dusk 10.05 PM to midnight ‘A Good Day’

Beyond 24 Hours Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgements Copyright