The Somme (UK: /sɒm/ SOM, US: /sʌm/ SUM, French: [sɔm] ) is a river in Picardy, northern France. The river is 245 km (152 mi) in length, from its source...

Somme (French pronunciation: [sɔm] ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It...

The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme; German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First...

Somme or The Somme may refer to: Somme (department), a department of France Somme, Queensland, Australia Canal de la Somme, a canal in France Somme (river)...

the Somme of 1918 was fought during the First World War on the Western Front from late August to early September, in the basin of the River Somme. It...

the Somme department, is a seaport and resort on the south bank of the River Somme estuary. The town's medieval character and ramparts, its Gothic church...

The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the beginning of the Battle of Albert (1–13 July), the name given by the British to the first two weeks of...

only in relief on French Army's contribution, especially south of the Somme River. Early chapters deal with the formation of Kitchener's Army (New Army)...

This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme. The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from 1...

Allied lines, outflank the British forces (which held the front from the Somme River to the English Channel) and defeat the British Army. Once that was achieved...

controlled both St. Quentin and Péronne and his activities in the upper Somme river valley, such as the capture and murder (rather than ransom) of his brother...

tactical success but the BEF, French and Belgian forces north of the Somme River retreated to Dunkirk on the French North Sea coast soon after, British...

Hauts-de-France in northern France. The commune is situated by the banks of the river Somme, on the D3 road, some 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Abbeville. Hangest...

("Case Red"), it again advanced on the German right flank towards the Somme river, the city of Paris and the Franco-Spanish border. After 16 August 1940...

trench warfare at the Somme River in north-eastern France, on 10 November 1916, during the closing days of the Battle of the Somme. He is buried in the...

original artifacts were collected from road construction sites on the Somme river near Abbeville by a French customs officer, Boucher de Perthes. He published...

Western Front in the late summer of 1918, the Australian Corps crossed the Somme River on the night of 31 August and broke the German lines at Mont Saint-Quentin...

the Somme valley. The autoroutes A1 and A16 pass close by. The national road, the N17, traverses the town. On a hill, dominating the Somme river and its...

on the west bank of the Meuse, the Germans began an advance down the Somme river valley towards the English Channel. The Allies were thrown into confusion...

of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, crossed the Somme river near Bray-sur-Somme during its offensive in French territory. Despite the fierce...

offensive due west, along the whole of the British front north of the River Somme. This was designed to first separate the French and British Armies before...

Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme to the Canal de Saint-Quentin at Saint-Simon. The Somme River was canalized beginning in 1770. The 54 km section from St. Simon to...

The French tanker Somme is a Durance-class command and replenishment tanker (French: Bâtiment de commandement et de ravitaillement, BCR) of the French...

and the Somme River and canal crossings from Offoy to Péronne were destroyed. Roads built on causeways over marshy ground between the river and canal...

denuded of food. They escaped by fighting their way across a ford in the Somme river against a French blocking force. Two days later, on ground of their choosing...

commander-in-chief of the BEF, to strike on the River Somme, east of Amiens and south-west of the site of the 1916 Battle of the Somme, to force the Germans away from...

de Somme (Bay of the Somme or Somme Bay; Picard: Béie d'Sonme) is a large estuary in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The bay drains six rivers into...

two British divisions in France made a determined stand on the Somme and Aisne rivers but were defeated by the German combination of air superiority and...

Pope Benedict IV. When his attempts to expand further into the upper Somme River valley were opposed by Herbert I, Count of Vermandois, Baldwin had the...

Poiana Lacului Commune, Argeș County, Romania Samara, the old name of the Somme River, France Samara, alternative name of Smara, a city in Western Sahara Sámara...