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The battle started on July 1, 1916...
On the first day of the battle one man was killed in action...
On that first day of battle 37...
The battle was preceded by a seven day bombardment firing 1.7m shells,...
The youngest known soldier to fight in the battle is believed to have been Sidney Lewis,...
The most dangerous rank statistically to hold during the battle....
French casualties in the battle were...
German casualties...
In the build-up to the battle at least 100,000...
By the end of the 141-day battle British casualties (killed, wounded and captured) numbered around 420,000...
60% of British officers who were involved on the first day...
On the first day of the battle, as they advanced towards the German lines soldiers from the East Surrey Regiment...
It was in this battle that Adolf Hitler sustained a leg injury, and...
During the battle of the Somme...
90% of British casualties were...
The furthest advance of any Allied force was not much more than...
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