Devil's Wood; The Battle for Delville Wood and Longueval, Somme 1916.

The Dawn Attack on the 14th July was the second major action of the Battle of the Somme after the disaster of the 1st July. The attack, which had the objective of capturing the Bazentin Ridge was hugely successful with the 9th Scottish Division capturing Longueval and part of Delville Wood. However the British failed to exploit their gains and as German reinforcements arrived, there began a bloody eight week period of attrition in which the village and wood changed hands several times. Our popular talks season returns in February 2015 with monthly talks on a variety of military subjects covering the First World War, local history and 19th century conflicts. All talks are on Saturdays and begin at 2pm.

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Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//ne000022?id=EVENT513605