Somme - Adieu la Somme

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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4.8 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

November 1916 saw the inevitable downshift and closing of operations by the Allies on the Somme. Local struggles continued, and the British still launched large attacks at Butte de Warlencourt and along the River Ancre. Only the onset of winter weather finally brought the titanic clash of arms to an end.

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0:00.0	We've got in mind what we've got to do.
0:05.5	We know we're for the slaughterhouse.
0:09.7	Ordinary seaman Joe Murray, Hood Battalion, 63rd Royal Naval Division, the Psalm, 1916.
0:40.9	Hey folks, welcome to the Battles of the First World War podcast episode 29.
0:43.0	Adieu, La Som.
0:47.7	No real admin notes this time around.
0:51.6	We're at 88 reviews, so thank you guys so much.
0:53.3	And just keep them coming.
0:55.9	If you enjoy the podcast, please take a a moment just rate it real quick on iTunes it puts us out there much much more of it to a much
1:01.5	broader audience that's about it so let's just get into it October of 1916 and the events within it had largely decided the Battle of the
1:15.1	Psalm. On the psalm front itself, the four attacking Allied field armies had seen only local
1:22.0	successes in the ocean of chalky mud that was the battlefield now.
1:30.8	Artillery duels continued.
1:37.5	Attacks over ruined villages, trenches, shellholes, and machine gun nests went on for days.
1:44.0	Men continued to perish by the thousands in muddy fields and water-filled shell holes, from Tikval to Le Saar and to La Maiszonne et
1:48.0	ch'olm. But by the end of the month, it was clear the offensive was bottoming out.
1:56.5	French Army commander General Joseph Joffre and British Expeditionary Force Commander General Sir Douglas Haig
2:03.6	weren't ready to give up on the Battle of the Psalm.
2:08.4	For his part, Jofft wanted a continuation of the Allied General Offensive.
2:14.5	On October 24th, the French had delivered a mighty counterstrike in the killing
2:19.6	fields north of Verdun, suspending the transfer of German units from there to the Somme.
2:26.3	In the east, the Germans were devouring the ill-prepared Romanian army, as well as beating
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