Item 55a - Letter from M. A. B. Glen at the Start of the Battle of the Somme

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MCPP/GM/3/2/1916/55a

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Letter from M. A. B. Glen at the Start of the Battle of the Somme

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  • c. 1 July 1916 (Creation)

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Letter marked 'Secret' in red addressed to 'F.O.O. M.V' from M. A. B. Glen giving details of the planned attack by two Divisions of Infantry at La Maisonette, what they needed to do to support the attack, and what signals would be used by the Infantry back to them

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Mallory served with a man called Glen in the 40th Siege Battery at the Battle of the Somme. The letter is undated but La Maisonette was where the third German line was and this was attacked at the Battle of Albert (1–13 July 1916). This is the British name for the first two weeks of British–French offensive operations of the Battle of the Somme.

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F/GM/1/4

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