Considerable damage Damaging was inflicted Bodily_harm on the various island bases , including dockyards , communications centers , supply Supply dumps , and its submarine base .

The village became Becoming a backwater until 1916 , when the British and French began Process_start the Battle of the Somme and was the site of several air operations by the Royal Flying Corps ( RFC ) , which attacked Attack German supply dumps in the vicinity .

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 .