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THE BATTLE ON THE SO

... banks of the Somme. Yesterday French again advanced north of Somme, capturing second German positions and village of Hem. South river they completed the capture of Entrees. Berlin announces that 915 British prisoners have captured at the Somme. pto last ...

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. GERMAN FORCES ON THE FRENCH FRONT. (Prut Association Special Tciej Mr. Warner Alien.) Paris, Friday. Trustworthy information now available in Paris to strength the German forces which been opposed to the victorious French on both ...

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME WTiat of the Western Front? There what may be described as the Battle of the Somme —most of the big battles on this side are named after riverscontinues, and bit by bit the Allies are wresting further ground from the ...

Published: Tuesday 11 July 1916
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 151 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

IN BATTLE OF THE SOMME : 15,500 PRISONERS

... IN BATTLE OF THE SOMME : 15,500 PRISONERS. BIGGEST BATTLE OF WESTERN WAR. STEADY PROGRESS OF ALLIES’ PLANS. HOW THE PRUSSIANS SURRENDERED- F.A, Special Correspondent.) Press Camp, France. July 4. Already lias the struggle that is raging north and south ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2647 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LEEDS SOLDIER'S DEATH FROM FEVER,

... leaves no children. that the great now begun ehould. for histori It is suggested ‘al purposes, be described as the “ Battle of the Somme.” The General Manager of the Leeds Gas Works re- There is a marked lull in theatrical activ ity in ports that there ...

Published: Monday 03 July 1916
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 143 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

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

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

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

FRENCH PROGRESS

... material whieh has not yet been dug out the wrecked German trenches. to July 15th the British Army had captured in the Battle of the Somme officers and 10,779 men, 51 guns, 30 trench howitzers, and 66 machine-guns. The total number of officers and men taken ...

Published: Tuesday 18 July 1916
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 270 | Page: 3 | Tags: none