1 July 1916 — Capture of Montauban
Coordinates: 50.02° N, 2.79° E
“Capture of Montauban — A Rare Success on Day One”
British Fourth Army (Gen. Henry Rawlinson)
- XIII Corps (Lt. Gen. Congreve)
- 18th (Eastern) Division
- 30th Division
- Units: 2nd Royal Sussex, 2nd Middlesex, 20th King’s (Liverpool Pals), others
German Fifth Army (Gen. Eduard von Below)
- German 28th Württemberg Reserve Division (Gen. Eduard von Below)
- Forward regiments holding Montauban sector
- Deep bunker network and reinforced machine-gun posts
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📚 Bibliography (Expanded & Linked)
Primary / official records
- Imperial War Museums — “Battle of the Somme: Day One.”
- National Archives (UK) — Somme operational records and unit diaries.
- Philpott, William. Bloody Victory: The Sacrifice on the Somme (2009).
- Middlebrook, Martin. The First Day on the Somme (1971).
- Official History of the War — Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916.
- Bundesarchiv (Germany) — Somme collections (public domain).
- Wikipedia contributors — “Capture of Montauba
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🎵 Creative Commons Music
- “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary” – Traditional (Public Domain)
- Alternate: “Keep the Home Fires Burning” (1915, Public Domain)
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🎵 Creative Commons Music
- “Mahmudiye March” (Traditional Ottoman military march, 19th c.) — Public Domain via IMSLP / Wikimedia Commons.
- Alternate: “British Infantry March in the East” — Public Domain, British Pathé archives.
- The British Grenadiers. Performed by The Bands of the Household Division.
- Released by Regimental Recordings, London.
- SoundCloud, track link: https://soundcloud.com/regimentalrecordings.
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