. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . Fig. 45—Three sectors of operations in the1016 Battle of the Somme. 1, subsidiary attackeastward along the crest of the arch; 2, mainattack northeastward to gain the crest; 3,subsidiary attack eastward to drive the Ger-mans back on the Somme barrier. FIRST SOMME BATTLE 147. Fig. 46—Field of operations of the First Battle of the Somme. (From the Lensand Amiens sheets of the contour map of northern France and Belgium, 1:100,000,by the Geographical Section of the General Staff, London, 1016.) 148 BATTLEF
. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . Fig. 45—Three sectors of operations in the1016 Battle of the Somme. 1, subsidiary attackeastward along the crest of the arch; 2, mainattack northeastward to gain the crest; 3,subsidiary attack eastward to drive the Ger-mans back on the Somme barrier. FIRST SOMME BATTLE 147. Fig. 46—Field of operations of the First Battle of the Somme. (From the Lensand Amiens sheets of the contour map of northern France and Belgium, 1:100,000,by the Geographical Section of the General Staff, London, 1016.) 148 BATTLEFIELD OF THE SOMME enemy reserves, and the operation has been well styled Voffen-sive de Could the rupture be accomplished, theArras-Vimy bastion would be so threatened from the rear asto become untenable, and the whole line across the Sommebattlefield would crumble. The topography of the Somme plain (Fig. 46) was in manyrespects especially favorable to such an enterprise. The enemysfront was protected by no continuous natural barrier of formid-able proportions. The Ancre made such an acute angle with theSomme that it was impossible for the Germans between thetwo rivers to utilize both streams to their junction withoutcreating a narrow and vulnerable salient in their line. Theirfront left the eastern slopes of the Ancre valley near Albert andran
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