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- The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the beginning of the Battle of Albert (1–13 July), the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the 141 days of the Battle of the Somme (1 July–18 November) in the First World War. Nine corps of the French Sixth Army and the British Fourth and Third armies attacked the German 2nd Army (General Fritz von Below) from Foucaucourt south of the Somme, northwards across the Somme and the Ancre to Serre and at Gommecourt, 2 mi (3.2 km) beyond, in the Third Army area. The objective of the attack was to capture the German first and second defensive positions from Serre south to the Albert–Bapaume road and the first position from the road south to Foucaucourt. The German defence south of the road mostly collapsed and the French had "complete success" on both banks of the Somme, as did the British from Maricourt on the army boundary with the French northwards. XIII Corps took Montauban and reached all its objectives, XV Corps captured Mametz and isolated Fricourt. The III Corps attack on both sides of the Albert–Bapaume road was a disaster, making only a short advance south of La Boisselle, where the 34th Division suffered the most casualties of any Allied division on 1 July. Further north, X Corps captured part of the Leipzig Redoubt (an earthwork fortification), failed opposite Thiepval and had a great but temporary success on the left flank, where the German front line was overrun and Schwaben and Stuff redoubts captured by the 36th (Ulster) Division. German counter-attacks during the afternoon recaptured most of the lost ground north of the Albert–Bapaume road and more British attacks against Thiepval were costly failures. On the north bank of the Ancre, the attack of VIII Corps was a disaster, with large numbers of British troops being shot down in no man's land. The VII Corps diversion at Gommecourt was also costly, with only a partial and temporary advance south of the village. The German defeats, from Foucaucourt to the Albert–Bapaume road, left the German defence on the south bank incapable of resisting another attack; a substantial German retreat began from the Flaucourt plateau to the west bank of the Somme close to Péronne. North of the Somme in the British area, Fricourt was abandoned by the Germans overnight. Several truces were observed to recover wounded from no man's land on the British front; the Third Army diversion at Gommecourt cost 6,758 casualties against 1,212 German and the combined casualty count with the Fourth Army reached 57,470, (19,240 of which had been fatal). The French Sixth Army suffered 1,590 casualties and the German 2nd Army suffered 10,000–12,000 casualties. Orders were issued to the Anglo-French armies to continue the offensive on 2 July; a German counter-attack on the north bank of the Somme by the 12th Division, intended for the night of 1/2 July, took until dawn on 2 July to begin and was destroyed by the French and British troops opposite. Since 1 July 1916, the British casualties on the First Day and the "meagre gains" have been a source of grief and controversy in Britain. (en)
- 1916年7月1日的索姆河戰役首日是的開戰首日，也就是英法聯軍初階段的進攻行動，但後來卻成為舉世聞名的索姆河戰役。這一天的時間點剛好就是第一次世界大戰的中間，也是英國陸軍史上最血腥的一天，因為有57470人的傷亡（其中有19240人陣亡或因傷死亡） 對許多人而言，在這一天當中有大量成排的步兵被德軍機槍射倒在地而成為戰爭徒勞和犧牲的象徵。當這一天標誌著四個半月消耗戰的開端時，也因為如此大量的傷亡讓往後的日子相形見絀。持續到7月13日，也就在下一次主要進攻的前夕。 (zh)
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- 1916年7月1日的索姆河戰役首日是的開戰首日，也就是英法聯軍初階段的進攻行動，但後來卻成為舉世聞名的索姆河戰役。這一天的時間點剛好就是第一次世界大戰的中間，也是英國陸軍史上最血腥的一天，因為有57470人的傷亡（其中有19240人陣亡或因傷死亡） 對許多人而言，在這一天當中有大量成排的步兵被德軍機槍射倒在地而成為戰爭徒勞和犧牲的象徵。當這一天標誌著四個半月消耗戰的開端時，也因為如此大量的傷亡讓往後的日子相形見絀。持續到7月13日，也就在下一次主要進攻的前夕。 (zh)
- The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the beginning of the Battle of Albert (1–13 July), the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the 141 days of the Battle of the Somme (1 July–18 November) in the First World War. Nine corps of the French Sixth Army and the British Fourth and Third armies attacked the German 2nd Army (General Fritz von Below) from Foucaucourt south of the Somme, northwards across the Somme and the Ancre to Serre and at Gommecourt, 2 mi (3.2 km) beyond, in the Third Army area. The objective of the attack was to capture the German first and second defensive positions from Serre south to the Albert–Bapaume road and the first position from the road south to Foucaucourt. (en)
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