'THE GREAT WAR', 'THE WAR TO END WAR', 'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'
by Wilfred Owen
The Battle of 3rd Ypres - Passchendaele
Taken from the talk given at Oldham Historical Research Group on the 16th August, 1917
On the evening of the 8th, the heavily laden men of the 2nd/10th Manchester battalion lined up, with the rest of the Brigade, to march up to the front where they were to be in support of the two Battalions of the East Lancashires who were to lead the attack in their sector in what became known as the Battle of Poelcapelle. Click HERE to return to the Narrative page |
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