"This powerful volume features a vivid description of the action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme as viewed from the British perspective by Edward Liveing, who fought near Gommecourt and left a highly detailed account of the first day of the battle. The British experience is contrasted by a wonderful collection of official war dispatches by Sir Philip Gibbs, which were originally published in 1916, in the pages of the Daily Telegraph and Daily Chronicle. In a rare example of a contemporary attempt to view the war from the 'other side of the hill,' these dispatches provide a unique insight into the battle from the perspective of the all too often overlooked German Army on the Somme. These accounts have been selected and edited by Emmy Award winning writer and historian Bob Carruthers, who also writes the foreword to this volume"--Publisher description.