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Ginchy Capture Exploited

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1916Date range
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1916

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st9 September 1916

Ginchy · Warfare / World War, 1st

Haig orders pressure maintained after British troops capture Ginchy during the Somme offensive.

Names involved

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st

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