9 September 1916
Ginchy Capture Exploited
Haig orders pressure maintained after British troops capture Ginchy during the Somme offensive.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Ginchy in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Haig orders pressure maintained after British troops capture Ginchy during the Somme offensive.
Raymond Asquith, son of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, is killed during the attack near Ginchy.
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