Augustin Cochin (French historian) Alan Seeger (American poet, volunteered in the French Foreign Legion) Alban Arnold (British cricketer) Raymond Asquith (British barrister and son of the then Prime Minister) William Baker (British footballer) Guy Baring (British politician) Donald Simpson Bell (Bri...
When the war had bogged down in 1914, the Germans had driven the French from the ridge, and had strongly fortified it. Offensives by both the French and British had failed to dislodge the Germans from the high ground. Now as part of a major British operation in April designed to achieve...