Britons Gather at the Somme

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Church bells rang out across the killing fields of the Somme today, 90 years to the minute after thousands of British soldiers poured out of their trenches to their deaths.

At exactly 7.30am French time, 90 years after "0.00" when thousands of soldiers finally went over the top, bells echoed across the cornfields between 60 separate villages across the former front line.

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Britons Gather at the Somme

The Prince of Wales was today joining commemorations at the Somme, accompanied ...

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