La Boiselle: Somme Ovillers / Contalmaison

Numéro d'article 10221233

Drawing upon archival research, eyewitness accounts and British and German unit histories, this battlefield guide explores the fighting around La Boiselle on the Somme during the First World War. Detailed descriptions of military operations are combined with maps, aerial photographs and walking routes that help visitors locate trenches, dugouts, observation posts, cemeteries and memorials still visible in the landscape today. Attention is given not only to tactics and troop movements but also to the experiences of the soldiers who fought and died in this sector, making the volume valuable both for battlefield visitors and for students of military history or family researchers tracing relatives who served on the Somme.