Memory BATTLE OF THE SOMMEVersion en ligne Relacionar imágenes y características de esta dura batalla de la primera guerra mundial par Aprende inglés con juegos General Haig – the man who planned the Battle of the Somme By the end of the first day 60,000 British soldiers were dead. At 7.20 am 40,000 pounds of explosive was detonated under a German machine gun position at Beaumont Hamel. The battle line stretched some 25 miles Tanks were first used at the Battle of the Somme British troops on their way to the Somme. 750,000 men were sent to the Battle of the Somme The bombing had not destroyed the barbed wire