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WOMAN'S SPHERE

... the capture of Vimy Ridge in the first half of the year, through the various phases of the mighty Battle of the Somme, up to the beginning of the Battle of the Ancre in November. A becoming ostrich feather collar to be had in any shade for 41 guineas ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1918
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 972 | Page: 14 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE GERMANS' DEFENSIVE LINE on the SOMME

... destroyed, guns disabled or blown up. And yet it is a fact that many parts of the Ger man trench tangles during the Battle of the Somme were found to be uninjured, gene rally because they had not been marked down. Consequently, as the Allied infantry ad ...

Published: Saturday 31 March 1917
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1034 | Page: 10 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE TANK CORPS: Their Vital Work

... Corps in the spring of 1916. Up the High Street of Flers On September 15, 1916, tanks had their baptism of fire in the battle of the Somme, and the record of their christening was well illustrated by the British aviator who sent the message back to General ...

Published: Saturday 04 January 1919
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1391 | Page: 28 | Tags: Illustrations 

1916-- A RECORD of TWELVE MONTHS' FIGHTING

... several fortified villages and 7,000 prisoners, while the French heavily repelled a German counter-attack. With this the Battle of the Somme practically ended. The German losses were calculated at about 700,000 men, including 84,000 prisoners. On the Carso ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1917
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1486 | Page: 8 | Tags: Illustrations 

SOUTH AFRICA'S MILITARY EFFORT: With the Springboks in South-West Africa, East Africa, Egypt, France, and Palestine

... Africans sailed from Egypt on April 12, reached Marseilles on April 27, and on July 14 (1916) were thrown into the battle of the Somme. How They Held Delville Wood The brigade formed part of the famous 9th Division the two other brigades of the division ...

Published: Saturday 18 January 1919
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1715 | Page: 24 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE IRISH REGIMENTS IN THE WAR

... Irish divisions landed in France, the Ulster division arriving a short time before the other. On the first day of the battle of the Somme, July 1, the Ulstermen got a chance of showing their worth, and well they proved it, around Thiepval. The 16th Division ...

Published: Saturday 04 January 1919
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1694 | Page: 18 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE SPRING OF 1917: ITS MILITARY PROBLEMS: The Enemy's Position Considered in the Light of Recent Events

... defeats on all their fronts except one. The battles of Galicia were the greatest in extent of country covered, and probably in actual loss inflicted upon the enemy. It is, however, probable that the battles of the Somme and Ancre, though less impressive in area ...

Published: Saturday 24 February 1917
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 911 | Page: 8 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Saturday 20 March 1920
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 409 | Page: 43 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Saturday 03 May 1919
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 1446 | Page: 31 | Tags: Illustrations