In reality, when the artillery barrage stopped, German machine gunners were out of their shelters and ready to fire within two minutes. The Battle started on 1 July 1916 and on that day the ...

Before the battle, Haig battered the enemy lines with a five-day-long artillery barrage. This was intended to destroy the Germans' barbed wire, wreck their trenches and kill the defenders.

On the afternoon of July 3rd, a thunderous artillery barrage opened on the Union center ... ensued as all reserves were thrown into the battle. The Confederate army had the advantages of flat ...

On the afternoon of July 3rd, a thunderous artillery barrage opened fire on the Union ... 10,000 men as prisoners near Cemetery Ridge. The battle was over and it had been a disaster for the ...