The Battle of Gettysburg began on this day in 1863. Explore newspaper coverage of the battle on our Topic Page: http://nwspprs.com/3bbwz

World War I's Battle of the Somme began on July 1, 1916. The battle, which lasted more than 4 months, pitted the armies of the British empire and France against Germany. By the time the Battle of the Somme finally ended in November with inconclusive results, both sides had sustained high casualties, with more than a million total killed, wounded, captured, or missing.

This Canadian newspaper front page shows news from the first day of the battle, which saw success for the Allies in some sectors. However, that same day was was also the single bloodiest day in British army history, with nearly 60,000 British casualties, a third of them killed. Did you have any family members at the Somme?

See the full Evening Record front page on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/…/battle_of_the_somme_begins_19…/