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War graves lit up for a vigil to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme at the Thiepval memorial
War graves lit up for a vigil to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme at the Thiepval memorial Source: AAP

Thousands of people have gathered in northern France to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, one of World War One's bloodiest, pitting British empire and French armies against Germans in a battle of attrition lasting five months.

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By Trần Việt, Julia Calixto, Maya Jamieson

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Thousands of people have gathered in northern France to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, one of World War One's bloodiest, pitting British empire and French armies against Germans in a battle of attrition lasting five months.

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