LATE NEWS. GERMAN' CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVY

... GERMAN CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVY. THE ENEMY SHELL VERDUN CATH RAL SRE ‘battle of the Somme still goes well for the Allies. There has Been. beavy on the British lines, but with- > @at saecess, Sir Douglas Haig reports that the enemy losses fie these ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
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FEATURES OF THE GREAT FIGHT

... have been overcome. The bravery -of our men in every field of battle has left an impression that will endure for centuries, and it will be confirmed by the new armies in the Somme battle. Yet to-day the British Army is in reality citizen army, unversed ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1494 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NEW GAINS ON OUR FRONT. ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED WITH VERY

... prisoners. South of the Somme we completed the occupation of Estrees. We took 200 prisoners. The communication trenches connecting Eslrees and Belloy having been occupied by us, the whole German second position to the south of the Somme is now in our power ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
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'AY eCOBNING, JULY 6, 1916

... 6, 1916. Hie Battle of the Somme. THE DASS TBS FRENCH ARMY. The following telegram has been received from Mr. H. Warner Alien, special correspondent the British Press with the TVench armies:— An officer who witnessed the battle the Somme gives the following ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2237 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

The Battle of the Somme

... The Battle of the Somme. It was none the lean generous, though perfectly true, for the French Government, in its review of the battle of the Somme, issued on Tuesday night, to point out that the enemy have better communication/ north of the river, end ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 467 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ALLIED OFFENSIVE FRANCE. CHEAT BATTLE IN' THE SOMME DISTRICT. ' the GERMAN LINES PIERCED. After intense ..

... ALLIED OFFENSIVE FRANCE. CHEAT BATTLE IN' THE SOMME DISTRICT. ' the GERMAN LINES PIERCED. After intense bombardment byjthe whole Western British and Allied line in France from the North to beyond the Somme for live days, an offensive was commenced by ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Banbury Guardian
County: Oxfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1167 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE GREAT BATTLE

... —the only ones who can spare time relate their experiences whiijt the, battle is still being waged. HIGH EXPLOSIVES AND SHRAPNEL. One interesting feature of the battle of the .Somme has been the return in some portions of the area, only a very temporary ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 834 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

HTING .HARD. ~ROGRESS AT ANT POINTS. LINE FIRM LSOO PRISGNERS FOR

... Hand-to-hand fighting and bombing continues betweca the Ancre and the Somme. five hundred more prisoners have been taken by us since the number last reported BIGGEST WESTERN BATTLE. GERMAN DMASSER RUSHING UP FROM OTHER FRONTS (Press Association War Special ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Evening Star
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 648 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE 0 THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE 0 THE SOMME. Last Nigit's Paris Review. BITTER. --.. . - fIGHTING: . .-1N BRITISH SECTOR:.'::::-.'1. Position improved, aad Heavy Enemy Losses. french Pushing Forward BOTH SIDES OF THE SOMME Nearer to Peroaie. Frintk:Get*an Efforts at Yerdva ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 64 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GREATEST BATTLE OF THE WEST

... combat —the only ones who can spare time to relate their experi cnces —whilst the battle is still being waged. Field Warfare. One interesting feature the battle of the Somme has been the return in some portions of the area —only a very temporary return, ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 852 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE FIRE SLACKENS

... been magnificent. It is suggested that the great struggle now begun should for historical purposes be described as the battle of the Somme ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Illustrated Police News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1224 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE GERMAN VIEW

... s Paris correspondent some interesting sidelights on the German point view as gathered from prisoners taken in the battle of the Somme. He said the Germans, more particularly the officers, were not overtly disheartened at the success of the first advance ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 399 | Page: 6 | Tags: none