Bone Spavin - Bone spavin is a bony growth within the lower hock joint. It is caused by osteoarthritis. The degree of lameness that results can be serious enough to end a horse's competitive career. Bone spavin is osteoarthritis, or the final phase of degenerative joint disease (DJD), in the lower three hock joints.
On 1st July 1916, the first phase of the allied offensive, took place on the Northern side of the Western front and was known as the Battle of the Somme.The main reason for the battle was to take pressure off the French army, which had been under heavy attack at Verdun since February, and was close to cracking.It was hoped that a major British offensive on the Somme would force the Germans to withdraw troops from Verdun.The other reason was that it had been a stalemate for 2 years and Douglas Haig, the commanding officer of the British army, wanted to get the break through and win the war.he main reason for the battle was to take pressure off the French army, which had been under heavy attack at Verdun since February, and was close to cracking. It was hoped that a major British offensive on the Somme would force the Germans to withdraw troops from Verdun.
The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the opening day of the Battle of Albert (1â13 July), the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the Battle of the Somme.ince 1 July 1916, the cost of the battle and the meagre gains have been a source of grief and controversy in Britain; in German and French writing, the first day of the Battle of the Somme has been little more than a footnote to the mass losses of 1914â1915 and the Battle of Verdun.