"By focusing on one of the principal German formations involved in the Somme fighting, the author brings to life this little-known period, from the initial German advance on the Somme in September 1914 through the formation of the front that became so well known two years later. Covers the early fighting around villages such as Serre, Beaumont-Hamel, Thiepval, Ovillers, La Boisselle and Fricourt.
