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somme
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What does somme mean?
proper noun
- A department of Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Amiens.
- A river in northern France.
- A major battle of the First World War in 1916 in this area.
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The Battle of the Somme and the clearing of the air preliminary to that operation brought the fighting aeroplane pure and simple with them.
These attacks occurred chiefly along the part of the line north of the Somme battle zone, and they extended as far as the sea.
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In the latter country the beds are so situated that they present the same indicia, of age as do those of the Somme Valley.
He bought a large extent of country in Picardy, and became possessed of nearly all the valuable lands lying between the Oise and the Somme.
Lastly we must mention a kitchen-midding situated at the mouth of the Somme, which is eight hundred and twenty feet long by about one hundred wide.