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THE SOMME VOLUME 2

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Fawn linen hard cover with brown lettering. Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918). Volume 2. The Second Battle of the Somme (1918) (Amiens, Montdidier, Compiegne). At top of title page is the inscription ' In Memory of the Michelin Workmen and Employees who died gloriously for their Country'. 128 pages, photograhic illustrations, maps, index. Advertisements on end papers front and back.

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This guide describes the operations which took place in Picardy in March-April 1918 (The German Offensive), and in August 1918 (The Franco-British Offensive); in a word, the ebb and flow of the German Armies in 1918, from St. Quentin to Montdidier.

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