Somme - Strolling Along in Gillymong

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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4.8 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

There was no strolling along at Guillemont on the Somme between July and September of 1916. The village was an unbreakable fortress for weeks until it finally fell to British and Irish troops. Nearby Ginchy fell days later.

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0:00.0	Chivalry here took a final farewell.
0:06.0	It had to yield to the heightened intensity of war, just as all fine and personal feeling has to yield when machinery gets the upper hand.
0:18.0	Leutnant Ernst Junger,
0:22.7	Ucellier Regiment, Feldmarshal,
0:25.1	Prince Albrecht von Pryson,
0:27.6	Hanovershire,
0:29.3	Number 370, Guillemol, the Psalm, 1916.
0:52.6	Hey folks.
0:59.1	Welcome to the Battles of the First World War podcast episode 20, Psalm,
1:01.9	Strolling Along in Gillymong.
1:11.0	If you notice a difference in my voice right now, it's not a cold, or that I've finally conquered puberty.
1:12.8	Nope.
1:24.7	I am now recording the BFWP through a new blue Yeti microphone given to me by my older daughter for the recent Father's Day here in the U.S.
1:26.9	I am just stoked. My younger daughter, the one who really knows way more about World War I than any younger daughter should,
1:36.3	she gave me my first socket wrench set, which is also something I really, really wanted.
1:43.3	So overall, I'm pretty psyched okay so admin notes
1:48.5	uh just wanted to announce that i've set up the podcast on patreon the link is patreon.com slash
1:58.5	battles of the first World War Podcast.
2:03.5	Here's the moment.
2:04.7	If you like, you can fast forward
2:06.5	for the next minute or so.
2:08.5	But if you're interested, please
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