How many men fought in the battle that the 1981 play, The Accrington Pals, is based on?
More than 3 million
Title: Battle of Breslau (1757)
Passage: The Battle of Breslau (also known as the "Battle on the Lohe") was a battle fought on 22 November 1757 during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War).  A Prussian army of 28,000 men fought an Austrian army of 84,000 men.  The Prussians held off the Austrian attack, losing 6,000 men to the Austrians 5,000 men.  But one day later the Prussians beat a retreat.  Breslau's garrison surrendered on 25 November 1757.
Title: The Accrington Pals (play)
Passage: The Accrington Pals is a 1981 play by Peter Whelan.  It is based on the Accrington Pals unit in the First World War and contrasts its life at the front and experiences in the 1916 Battle of the Somme with the women left behind in Accrington.
Title: Battle of the Somme
Passage: The Battle of the Somme (French: "Bataille de la Somme" , German: "Schlacht an der Somme" ), also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire.  It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the River Somme in France.  The battle was intended to hasten a victory for the Allies and was the largest battle of the First World War on the Western Front.  More than 3 million men fought in this battle and one million men were wounded or killed, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history.
Battle of the Somme The Accrington Pals (play)