The Capture Conquering of La Boisselle ( 1–6 July 1916 ) was a British local operation Military_operation during the Battle Hostile_encounter of Albert , the name Name_conferral given Giving by the British to the first two weeks of the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Somme .

The village of La Boisselle forms Coming_to_be part of the small commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle , located some north-east of Amiens in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France .

On 1 July 1916 , the first day on the Somme , La Boisselle was attacked Attack by the 34th Division as part of the III Corps but the bombardment Attack had not damaged Damaging the German deep-mined dug-outs ( ) and a German listening Perception_active post overheard a British telephone conversation Communication the day before , which gave Giving away the attack .

The III Corps divisions lost Earnings_and_losses more than and failed Earnings_and_losses to capture Conquering La Boisselle or Ovillers , gaining Earnings_and_losses only small footholds near the boundary with XV Corps to the south and at , after the Lochnagar mine explosion Catastrophe had destroyed Destroying some of the defences of Reserve Infantry Regiment 110 .

Mine warfare began Process_start soon after a front line was established Creating but the most extensive mining took place Process_start further north at La Boisselle and during 1915 , the area around Mametz became Becoming a comparative backwater .

The III Corps attack Attack on both sides of the Albert–Bapaume road was a disaster , making Manufacturing only a short advance south of La Boisselle , where the 34th Division suffered Bodily_harm the most casualties of any Allied division on 1 July .