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Somme Central: Ovillers to Fricourt
On the morning of 1st July 1916, as whistles blew along miles of the Somme front, the men of the III Corps and XV Corps rose from their trenches and walked into the centre of one of the most catastrophic days in British...
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Somme Central: Ovillers to Fricourt is an episode from The Old Front Line by Paul Reed. On the morning of 1st July 1916, as whistles blew along miles of the Somme front, the men of the III Corps and XV Corps rose from their trenches and wal...
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Published Jun 20, 2026, 55:10 long, audio available.
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