15 September 1916
New Zealand Division Enters Somme Battle
Russell's New Zealand Division enters the Somme offensive near Flers.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Somme in New Zealand. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Russell's New Zealand Division enters the Somme offensive near Flers.
Russell's division leaves the Somme after weeks of costly offensive operations.
Russell's division moves rapidly to help stabilise the Allied line during the German spring offensive.
Provenance
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