The country around Ovillers and Pozieres had been pretty well cleaned up but as we got into the area where the fighting had been continuous during the past week there was ample evidence of the deadly work that had been going on there. ...
Fallon had joined the unit on 31 July 1916, after its first major action on 21-24 July at Ovillers and Pozieres on the Somme when it suffered 242 casualties. In his letter Fallon was referring to its subsequent attack on 'Skyline ...
Nathaniel Rothschild renamed the estate, Château Mouton Rothschild and it would become one of the best known labels in the world. In 1868, Nathaniel's uncle, James Mayer de Rothschild acquired the neighboring Chateau Lafite vineyard. ...