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A BOMB IN THE EAR

... A ROM IN THR KAT “We had plenty of fun bombing.” a soldier who was in the battle of the Somme says. “One of our chaps was chasing a bunch of them down a communi- cation trench. He had a bomb in his hand, but He couldn't wait, so he let couldn't get the ...

Published: Monday 10 July 1916
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 145 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A LEEDS RIFLEMAN'S Ft'XERAL

... Meanwood General ai, Leeds, who died in the 8rd South pital, Oxford. from several wounds to the thigh in th #0 Was a sir e battle of the Somme. Rifleman Axby, eds R igle man, 41 years of age, enlisted in the ifles shortly after the outbreak of the war, an wita ...

Published: Monday 24 July 1916
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 148 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FUNERAL OF LEEDS PAL OF 17 YEARS

... military honours at Holbeck Cemetery this afternoon. Pte. Clarkson, who was ovly 17 years of age, was wounded in the battle of the Somme on July 1, an he succumbed to’ his injuries in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. The dead soldier was 3 member of ...

Published: Monday 17 July 1916
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 150 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BRITISH HEAVILY ENGAGED

... BRITISH HEAVILY ENGAGED. Enemy Fight Stubbornly but with Severe Losses. l The War: 2nd Year, 343rd lay.' 14 is atill the Battle of the Somme. The fight is described as one of the blovdiest that may be well imagined. It is-more vital to Germany than Verdun was ...

Published: Tuesday 11 July 1916
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 182 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WOUNDS IN THE SOMME BATTLE

... WOUNDS IN THE SOMME BATTLE MACHINE-GUN INJURIES HEAL MORE It seems certain the British Medica! that the proportion of light to serious cases among the wounded in the battle of the Somme has bean large, while even among tho more severe the prognosis is ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1916
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 176 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FRENCH COMMENT ON OFFENSIVE

... first stage of the battle of the Somme has come to an end after continuing uninterrdplodmr five days. The in our advance has begun. It was foreseen, and will not surprise anyone. We have just accomplished in five days on the Somme an advance which the ...

Published: Friday 07 July 1916
Newspaper: Bradford Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 157 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

HOW BRITISH MACHINES HARASSED GERMAN GUNNERS

... HARASSED GERMAN GUNNERS. Special Correspondent.) British Headquarters the Field, France, Bth. When the history of the battle of the Somme comes he written in its true perspective think it will found that one the most brilliant facts m whole lustrous chapter ...

Published: Monday 10 July 1916
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Examiner
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 171 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TRAINLOAD OF GERMAN DEAD,

... Prqxz:ul_ to allow a certain ke R reely, y ufidyy Er:mun Consuls as to ml:“b‘l:;en kAAMO . THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. This is the second week of the battle of the Somme, as eventful in its way as the great struggle at Verdun, or the magnificent work being ac ...

Published: Monday 10 July 1916
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 532 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TirE MAN WHO COMMANDS THL BRITISH GAVAI.RY

... AN ¥V COM Ds THE BRITISH GAVALR Our Cavalry Corps, who have just had a chance in the battle of the Somme, is conimanded by Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, member of an East Anglian family, who has held his position since the start of the campaign. For ...

Published: Tuesday 18 July 1916
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 178 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

urt\\ eorge Phi-cip & Son,. Ltd. Block; Lcng, THE SHADED PORTION SHOWS THE ALLIED ADVANCE IN THE BATTLE OF THE

... urt\\ eorge Phi-cip & Son,. Ltd. Block; Lcng, THE SHADED PORTION SHOWS THE ALLIED ADVANCE IN THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. JOHN TRAVERS CORNWELL, of H.M.S. Chester, who was mortally wounded, but whose case is recommended for special recognition in justice ...

Published: Friday 07 July 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 169 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

In Other Areas

... influence of this battle of the Somme iitpon the general course the war. far that course is unchanged,, even at Verdun. There the Germans, defeated at the Thiaumont redoubt—the scene of one of the finest French achievements of the whole battle—made an attempt ...

Published: Tuesday 04 July 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 201 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE WAR SITUATIOH

... THE WAR SITUATIOH. Tlie “Times” says: The battle of the Somme has not slackened, but its character has undergone temporary modification. Just now the conflicts are more localised. trust that when the etory bottle can told more explicitly the work of some ...