Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st25 June 1916
Royal Flying Corps aircraft support preparatory operations by attacking German observation balloons.
Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Royal Flying Corps aircraft support preparatory operations by attacking German observation balloons.
Commands British Third Army during the diversionary attack at Gommecourt.
Commands the British Expeditionary Force as the Somme attack opens after a week of bombardment.
The British attack opens on the Somme, causing 57,470 British casualties on the first day.
Leads the 36th Ulster Division in its costly attack toward the Schwaben Redoubt.
Commands British Fourth Army in the main British attack north of the River Somme.
Commands British Fourth Army in the main attack north of the River Somme.
Posted to No. 7 Squadron and flies bombing, reconnaissance and photographic missions over the Somme front.
Commands Reserve Army forces as fighting expands around Pozieres and the Albert-Bapaume road.
Commands Fifth Army during the Battle of the Ancre, the final major phase of the Somme offensive.
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