The Somme Offensive which opened on 7 July 1916 is the battle that
symbolizes the horrors of the Great War, with its appalling carnage and
waste in return for negligible tactical achievement. Thiepval was
pivotal to the campaign and many of the units who fought here were
'Pals' (such as the Salford) - their decimation meant disproportionate
losses for the communities from which the Regiments were drawn.
This book not only describes the action but has many personal accounts.
It gives details of numerous walks and explains the locality's military
significance.