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Data: MAVEN
Trigger word:
Somme
Event Types (Count):
NegTrigger (56)
Negative Trigger
The
division
joined
Becoming_a_member
the
large
number
of
lines-of-communication
troops
south
of
the
Somme
,
many
of
whom
were
hurriedly
organised
Arranging
into
the
Beauman
Division
and
other
improvised
units
,
despite
a
lack
of
training
Education_teaching
and
weapons
.
French
troops
were
sent
Sending
into
the
area
,
as
Général
d'armée
Maxime
Weygand
attempted
to
build
Building
up
a
defence
in
depth
on
the
south
bank
of
the
Somme
and
make
Creating
bigger
attacks
to
eliminate
Destroying
the
German
bridgeheads
.
From
about
half
of
the
German
bridgehead
south
of
Abbeville
was
recaptured
Conquering
by
Franco-British
troops
;
the
Allies
were
reinforced
Cause_change_of_strength
by
infantry
divisions
and
the
``
4e
''
Division
``
cuirassée
''
(
4e
DCr
,
Colonel
Charles
De
Gaulle
)
but
lost
Earnings_and_losses
many
of
their
tanks
and
the
Germans
much
of
their
infantry
,
some
units
running
Self_motion
back
over
the
river
Somme
.
Military
operations
began
Process_start
in
the
area
in
September
1914
during
the
Race
to
the
Sea
,
when
the
divisions
of
the
II
Bavarian
Corps
advanced
Self_motion
westwards
on
the
north
bank
of
the
Somme
,
passing
through
Le
Sars
towards
Albert
and
Amiens
.
The
village
became
a
backwater
until
1916
,
when
the
British
and
French
began
the
Battle
Hostile_encounter
of
the
Somme
and
was
the
site
of
several
air
operations
by
the
Royal
Flying
Corps
,
which
attacked
Attack
German
supply
dumps
in
the
vicinity
.
In
the
winter
of
1916–1917
,
which
was
the
worst
for
fifty
years
,
the
area
was
considered
by
the
troops
of
the
I
Anzac
Corps
to
be
the
foulest
sector
of
the
Somme
front
.
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