Somme

These peaks in cold marine air may have influenced major battles such as the Somme, Verdun, and the Third Battle of Ypres in 1916 and 1917.
A climate anomaly may have worsened the 1918 pandemic and WWI|Kate Baggaley|September 25, 2020|Popular-Science
Smith survived the night patrol, and met Tolkien again on the fringes of the Battle of the Somme that summer.
Why World War I Is at the Heart of ‘Lord of the Rings’|John Garth|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just weeks before the Somme, British soldiers put down the rising, leaving much of the city in ruins.
Wounds of World War I Have Yet to Heal|Michael F. Bishop|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In The Missing of the Somme, one war, the Great War, is more directly his subject.
Geoff Dyer's 'The Missing of the Somme' Reconsidered|Louisa Thomas|November 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST

“The Missing of the Somme” is carved onto the Thiepval Memorial.
Geoff Dyer's 'The Missing of the Somme' Reconsidered|Louisa Thomas|November 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Missing of the Somme was not merely written as a diversion from rewriting Tender is the Night.
Geoff Dyer's 'The Missing of the Somme' Reconsidered|Louisa Thomas|November 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
At the Somme we put over on the enemy the only new thing that we have been able to spring during the whole three years—the tanks.
Private Peat|Harold R. Peat
Never shall I forget my first sight of the Somme in summer-time.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919|William Orpen
But the real terribleness of the Somme was not in the towns or on the roads.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919|William Orpen
I shall never forget my first sight of the Somme battlefields.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919|William Orpen
The error was rectified, but only temporarily, at the Somme.
Aviation in Peace and War|Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes

British Dictionary definitions for Somme

Somme

/ (French sɔm) /

noun

a department of N France, in Picardy region. Capital: Amiens. Pop: 557 061 (2003 est). Area: 6277 sq km (2448 sq miles)

a river in N France, rising in Aisne department and flowing west to Amiens, then northwest to the English Channel: scene of heavy fighting in World War I. Length: 245 km (152 miles)

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