Elegy: The First Day on the Somme by Andrew Roberts

Elegy: The First Day on the Somme

Andrew Roberts

304 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative slow-paced
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On July 1, 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and five French divisions launched their long-awaited "Big Push" on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a t...

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