Battle of Albert (1916)
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The Battle of Albert is the British name for the first two weeks of British–French offensive operations of the Battle of the Somme. The Allied preparatory artillery bombardment commenced on 24 June an
French advances on the Somme, 1–11 July 1916
Fokker E.IV, 1916
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.7
Captured LVG C.II circa 1916
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
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Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from late 1915 until th
Battle of Albert (1916)
…attack was a disaster, where most of the c. 57,000 British casualties of the day were incurred. Against the wishes of General Joseph Joffre, General Sir Douglas Haig abandoned the offensive north of the road to reinforce the success in the south, where the British–French forces pressed forward through several…
Haig in 1917
Plaque marking Earl Haig's birthplace, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Age 23 in 1885, in his hussar's uniform
Photograph of the young Douglas Haig as an officer with the 7th Hussars.