Talk:First day on the Somme

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This article is heavily slanted towards the British side. There is very little mention of the German side or even the French side.

The above user beat me to that comment. It is indeed heavily one sided. Why only Victorian Cross winners? Why not Iron Cross winners aswell? -ColinMacDonald

[edit] Victory

The infobox labels this battle as a decisive German victory, and I would like consensus approval to change this. Accepting that British casualties were very heavy as stated, so were German casualties; and the end result was the capture of trivial amounts of French territory by the attacking British. I would like to amend the box to read "An indecisive contest".--Anthony.bradbury 12:02, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

In the absence of comment, I have now done so.--Anthony.bradbury 23:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)