Analysis Of The Battle Of Jeans-Courcelette

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The Battle of Flers-Courcelette- This was the major Battle which involved New Zealanders at Somme which commenced on the 15th of September. The New Zealanders were lead by Alexander Godley and under the total command of Sir Douglas Haig. General Haig decreed that the so-called Battle of Flers-Courcelette would start on 15th September and in it tanks, the Allies new weapon would be used for the first time. The fourth and Fifth Armies were to renew the offensive on this day, supported by a massive artillery bombardment. By nightfall on 15th September the New Zealand division, attached to the Fourth Army who had stormed and held three German trench networks at Flers village. The cost was high: more than 34% of men who went into the Battle were dead, wounded or missing. Twelve hours earlier some 600 infantrymen of the divisions 2nd Infantry and 3 rifle brigades were hunked down in the latticework of assembly trenches between high and Deville Woods near longueval. On the day of the advance the New Zealanders would be sandwiched between two English divisions (47 on the left and 41 on the ...

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