For most British visitors the Somme begins on 1 July 1916, and few consider what happened in the area before the British took over the line. In fact there was extensive fighting from the opening phase of the war onward, with ferocious small-scale actions from Beaumont Hamel to the Somme and a prolonged underground war around la Boisselle. By David O'Mara. ISBN 9781526722409. Paperbound, 234 pages, 5¼ x 8¼ in.