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| 1916 | Allenby, Henry Hynman |  |
| 24th June Somme Leads the 3rd Army south of the River Somme |
| 1916 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 1st July Somme Voices opposition to the frontal assault without a clear superiority of tanks & men |
| 1916 | Haig, Douglas | |
| Somme Tanks are used for the first time to cross trenches & destroy machine gun nests |
| 25th June Somme The Royal Flying Corps attack German observation balloons |
| 1st July Somme A major British offensive takes place resulting in 57,540 British casualties |
| 26th Sep Somme Captures the villages of Morval, Lesboeufs & Rancourt |
| 26th Sep Somme Supported by Foch's 6th Army but 20,000 British perish on the first day of the battle |
| 26th Sep Somme Surrounds German forces in the town of Comles |
| 1916 | Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke | |
| 24th June Somme 24 June-13 November, tanks are used for the 1st time |
| 24th June Somme Britain has 420,000 casualties, France 204,000 & Germany 670,000 |
| 24th June Somme Leads the fourth army in the main part of the offensive North of the River Somme |
| 1917 | Haig, Douglas | |
| 3rd Jan Somme The British advance 500 yards east of Beaucourt taking over 100 PoWs |
| 5th Jan Somme The British capture 2 German posts near Beaumont Hamel |
| 9th Jan Somme The British capture trenches east of Beaumont Hamel |
| 17th Jan Somme The British capture German posts on 600 yd front nth of Beaufort-sur-Ancre |
| 27th Jan Le Transloy The British take a position near Le Trans loy & capture a 350 strong garrison |
| 28th Jan Ancre The British capture Ancre |
| 31st Jan Somme The British repulse counter-attacks on Ancre |
| 6th Feb Somme The Germans evacuate Ancre |
| 8th Feb Somme The British capture Sailly-Saillisel ridge, Hill 153 |
| 22nd Feb Somme A preliminary withdrawal of 3 miles |
| 22nd Feb Somme The Alberich programme for German retreat to the Siegried Line is accelerated |
| 27th Feb Somme Le Barque & Ligny are captured by the British, 11 miles have been gained in 1 week |
| 14th Mar Somme The main German retreat to the Hindenburg line begins |
| 16th Mar St Pierre The British occupy St Pierre Vaast Wood |
| 5th April Somme The Allies now face the Hindenburg Line |
| 18th April Somme The British 5th Army captures Villers Guislain & Gonnelieu |
