5 January 1917
Winter Operations on the Somme
British troops capture two German posts near Beaumont-Hamel.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Beaumont-Hamel in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
British troops capture two German posts near Beaumont-Hamel.
Directs continued pressure on German positions north of the Ancre after the 1916 Somme battle.
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