In the Picardian Plain, beyond the bounds of the old battlefield, were numerous country villages, with their cottages grouped around the church. The long, straight roads, bordered with fine elms or fruit-trees, stretched as far as the eye could reach. This rich and prosperous region, with its vast fields of corn and beet, was completely ravaged by the War.
General View of the Second Battle of the Somme (1918).
The German Offensive: Formation of the Montdidier Pocket(March 21-April 24.)
The Allied Offensive: Reducing the Pocket as far as the Hindenburg Line
(August 8-September 25.).
