The British commanders grew so confident that they told their troops to walk slowly toward the German lines. Prior to the start of the battle, the Allies fired constant artillery on the German lines for several weeks. Item #M10349 – World War I 90th anniversary stamp sheet. According to the plan, the British would attack along a 15-mile front north of the Somme River while the French battled along an eight-mile front to the south of it. It was the Allies’ planned decisive breakthrough of the German line in France. The Battle of the Somme was fought from July 1 to November 18, 1916, along the banks of the Somme River in northern France. On September 15, 1916, the first tanks were used in the World War I Battle of the Somme. First Use of Tanks in World War I Item #M11405 pictures some of the other tanks used in WWI.
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