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... enemy carried out towards 2.30 a.m. against our positions in tho neighbourhood Oomiecourt lively attack, in which made use liquid fire projectors. Broken immediately by our fire, the enemy attack was obliged fall back with oerioiia loss*). have integrally ...

Published: Monday 13 November 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 298 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMAN CLAIM

... an air fight an English biplane was brought down southeast of Arras—Press Association War Special. FIRM HOLD ON FLFIRY. LIQUID FIRE ATTACK FAILS WITH HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES. Paris, Monday. The French communique this afternoon states; North the Somme, in addition ...

Published: Tuesday 22 August 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 270 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BRITISH PROGRESS ON

... repeated counter-attacks, which are powerless to bite into our lines, although the enemy have recourse to the great means of liquid fire. After very hot fighting before Belloy. Barleux, Berny, Deniecourt. and Vermand-Ovillers they bad to beat a retreat and ...

Published: Monday 11 September 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 786 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Q'ebmany’s Methods of Warfare

... have come upon blameless nations with invasions and incendiarism and confiscation; they have come with poisonous gases and liquid fire. All their scientific genius has beer dedicated to wiping out human life. They have forced these things into general nse ...

Published: Monday 15 May 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 329 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BRITISH FRONT EXTENDED

... number of heavy guns which have been placed along our knee. The Germans have recently, on several occasions, used gaa and liquid fire, and have bombarded our lines with asphyxiating shells, but these forms of attack, lacking they now the element of surprise ...

Published: Thursday 16 September 1915
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 337 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Pierce German Counter Attacks

... Meuse on Monday afternoon the Germans during the night attacked the French trenches near Beaumont, making extensive use liquid fire. The attackers, however, were repulsed without gaining any advantage, and there was infantry activity in that region yesterday ...

Published: Wednesday 26 September 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 295 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FRENCH HAUL IN VERDUN VICTORY HOKE GXBJUIN ATTACKS BKOKBN

... assailants, and broke the waves eesault. which at no point succeeded reaching line*. To north Wood attacks, pan>ed by yets liquid fire, met with greater success, the enemy only succeeding in increasing his losses. The number prUonen »» her# taken since August ...

Published: Wednesday 22 August 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 299 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FRENCH REPULSE ATTACK

... after violent botohardment. the Germap* this afternoon attacked our positions the north and south of La Maisonnette, using liquid fire. Our barrage fire broke lip all attempt* the enemy, arid threw him back into his trenches. , North of Verdun artillery fighting ...

Published: Monday 30 October 1916
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 307 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SAILLY DETAILS

... machine-guns. The Germans made use of all their arts circumscribe our advance and freely employed asphyxiating gas and liquid fire. The weather was unfavourable us. hut, thanks to our exhaustive artillery preparation, the infantry Idnv completed the conquest ...

Published: Friday 20 October 1916
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 302 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE REGULATIONS

... was always kept available during each shift in number engine room. In addition to this, they had in every building patent liquid fire extinguishers and also fire buckets filled with water and sand. Remedies for carbon-monoxide effects were also kept the ...

Published: Friday 15 October 1915
Newspaper: Coventry Standard
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 349 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

FRENCH HAUL IN VERDUN VICTORY MORE GERMAN ATTACKS BROKEN

... the wave* aeaault, which no point succeeded in reaching our lines. T\> north Caurieres Wood attacks, aoooropam-ed by jets liquid fire, met with greater siit cess, enemy only succeeding in increasing hi# losses. The number prisoner* ▼* h&vt taken since August ...

Published: Wednesday 22 August 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 316 | Page: 3 | Tags: none