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“TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING. TEN MINUTES IN THE DESTROYING”

“THE LINES WHICH ADVANCED IN SUCH ADMIRABLE ORDER, MELTED AWAY UNDER FIRE; YET NOT A MAN WAVERED, BROKE THE RANKS OR ATTEMPTED TO GO BACK. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF GALLANTRY, DISCIPLINE AND DETERMINATION”

The first three ‘New Army’ divisions (around 35,000 men) landed in France in May 1915. Reinforcements were desperately needed to reinforce the BEF, but many regulars had reservations about

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