Somme - The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, 3rd Strike on the Somme, Part 1

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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🗓️ 17 August 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On the 15th of September, 1916, 10 British divisions—aided by tanks for the first time in history—launched a third major strike at the Germans on the Somme. The Battle of Flers-Courcelette was on.

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0:00.0	The reports came pouring in. The British have broken into our forward trenches. The front-line
0:10.0	trench is lost. The enemy is pouring down the main road through Martin Buishe and massive
0:16.9	groups. A German staff officer named von Praetorius, Reserve Infantry Regiment
0:24.7	231, the Battle of Flair Corselet, Third strike on the Psalm, part one.
0:59.0	Let's kick it off with some light housekeeping this time. Last episode I said there was to be an attack on teakfall by the British Reserve Army as part of the 15th of September attacks.
1:12.9	That was incorrect.
1:15.2	Oops.
1:17.2	But on the evening of the 14th, Tommies of the 9th West Yorks and 8th Duke of Yorks attacked and took over the wonderwork, readout, and sections of trench to the left and right of it,
1:32.3	thus pinching out an annoying German salient in the line there.
1:38.2	Also, kind listeners, Sam and Tigers Tim alerted me to my continuing bad pronunciation of English
1:46.7	names, so I can apparently get the French ones down, but not the English ones. They very
1:54.8	patiently advised me that it's pronounced Warwick, not Warwick.
2:01.6	Again, oops.
2:03.6	Tim also very patiently told me that as an American,
2:06.6	I have absolutely no chance of ever being up to snuff
2:10.6	on correct pronunciations of English names,
2:12.6	and I am very much inclined to agree with him.
2:16.6	Nevertheless, I will keep trying.
2:20.5	So if anyone out there has a helpful guide on how to properly say the names of towns and cities in the UK,
2:29.1	please don't delay in emailing me at Verdun Podcast at at gmail.com or hit me up on Twitter at at
2:38.7	WW1 podcast or the battles of the first world war podcast page on the facebook this is hugely
2:47.2	important so many thanks in advance the next couple of episodes will cover a lot.
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