<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War I">World War I</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of the Somme">First Battle of the Somme</a>: In France, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">British Expeditionary Force</a> commander <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig">Douglas Haig</a> calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.