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1916 Battle of the River Somme... WWI...
1916 Battle of the River Somme... WWI...
Item # 722523
September 22, 1916
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 22, 1916
* Battle of the River Somme offensive - France
* World War I - WWI - German & British Empires
* One of the deadliest battles in human history
The front page has a nice banner headline: "BRITISH ADVANCE ON SOMME" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper. Rare as such.
Complete with 14 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, minor irregularity along the spine, generally very nice.
AI notes: On September 22, 1916, the Battle of the Somme had entered its later phase, characterized by slow, grinding attacks against entrenched German positions following the first use of tanks in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (September 15–22). By this date, British and French forces were consolidating small territorial gains achieved during the Flers-Courcelette offensive, attempting to strengthen their positions while preparing for further assaults on fortified villages like Morval and Thiepval. The fighting remained brutal and attritional: infantry advances were met with devastating machine-gun fire, barbed wire, and artillery, resulting in heavy casualties for minimal territorial gain. Despite these hardships, the introduction of tanks, though mechanically unreliable, marked a tentative shift in warfare tactics. September 22 thus exemplifies the Somme’s grueling pattern of incremental progress, technological experimentation, and enormous human cost, highlighting the relentless nature of trench warfare on the Western Front.
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