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
To get information before the Somme offensive, the new idea of making daylight raids on the German trenches was adopted.
500 of the Best Cockney War Stories|Various
He has behind him the whole army strung out in separate bodies parallel to the Somme.
Crecy|Hilaire Belloc
This cut represents a section of a gravel pit at St. Acheul, on the Somme.
The Prehistoric World|E. A. Allen
The four overseas companies had carried out the recent operations on the Somme (September-October 1916).
A Company of Tanks|W. H. L. Watson
One followed the right bank of the Somme, passed Peronne, and thence on to Amiens.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy|Charles Major
British Dictionary definitions for Somme
Somme
/ (Frenchsɔm) /
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)