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... them centre to a point four wales from Forums. terraria had also captured heavy guns in week-emi fighting. During the battle in. the Somme Talley during A heavy thunderclaps. The enemy brought on considerable reinforcements Monday and dung greet pt the British ...

Published: Saturday 08 July 1916
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 648 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

ten DAYS’ BRITISH GAINS. CAPTURE OF FIRST DEFENCES ON

... change the relative positions of the two armies, which in marked contrast the steady French advance in the Battle of the Somme. Russian Front: The Battle of the Stokhod continues, and the enemy, having brought up reinforcements and powerful artillery, offering ...

Published: Wednesday 12 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 793 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GERMAN VERSION

... artillery.—Central News. NEW BRITISH ADVANCE. f FRENCH EXPLANATION OF ITS OBJECT. PARIS SEMI-OFFICIAL. Saturday. Before the battle of the Somme can pursue its victorious course it is important that our advance, which was slower in the British sector than in the ...

Published: Saturday 08 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 825 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

TWO RUSSIAN STROKES

... striking victories—the capture of Erzingan n>l Pozieres and the taking of 4,000 Austrian prisoners north of Brody. Battle of the Somme: After a fight lasting three days and three nights pozieres is now entirely in our hands. The village is on the left ...

Published: Thursday 27 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1263 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FREE LIST ENTIRELY SUSPENDED►

... and most consequential battles of this unprecedented war. The names of the regiments engaged show that every quarter of the country has its representatives there—that it is the British nation in arms that is now fighting our battles there. Loos and Neuve ...

Published: Saturday 08 July 1916
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1202 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

MARRIED FOR MONEY

... them for safeguarding our native shores. • • THE FRONTING IN FRANCE. Tea Allies continue to make good progress in the battle on the Somme. More ground has been gained as the reward of bard lighting. and before last week bad come to a close the French had ...

Published: Saturday 15 July 1916
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1343 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

battle for high wood

... battle for high wood. OUR TROOPS GAIN IMPORTANT POSITION. GERMAN ATTACK TSITH GAS SHELLS. Battle of the Somme; The High Wood (Bois des Foureaux) has again changed hands. I**ss than week ago it was temporarily occupied our troops while the captured German ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1368 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BRITISH HOTLY ENGAGED

... BRITISH HOTLY ENGAGED. hand-to-hand fighting on the SOMME. RUSSIAN ADVANCE ON BRODY. Battle of the Somme; Our troops arc giving the enemy no rest. Following occupation of Pozieres our artillery was active throughout the night, and there were hand-to-hand ...

Published: Friday 28 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1310 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BATTLE for the ridge

... BATTLE for the ridge. four german attacks smashed by OUR GUNS. FIERCE HAND-TO- . AND FIGHTING. Battle of the Somme: Thoroughly alarmed by the British advance towards highest points of the Bapaume Plateau, the Germans have brought to this ot the front ...

Published: Wednesday 26 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1641 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ALLIES’ FRESH ADVANCE. BIG capture of trenches north

... of trenches north OF THE SOMME. RUSSIANS 22 MILES FROM KOVEL. Battle cf the Somme: British and French troops, working in co-operation, began new advance on Sunday morping a front over six miles between Delville Wood and the Somme. This front runs north ...

Published: Monday 31 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 2966 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

WELSHMAN 28 THE WAR SHUT BBITISM ENEMY’S GREAT LOSSES ALLIES (ICOROUS OFFENSIVE Friday it Allies’ oft'en-jjve ..

... of miles 140 HUGE LOSSES Sir Haig striking instances of tlie sustained by Somme show losses of 3500 erf division 1100 to battalion whilst battalions half BATTLE OF THE SOMME on Saturday that (Itois again hands as ago temporarily occult i- while the German ...

Published: Friday 28 July 1916
Newspaper: Welshman
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 2492 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

RAIL AND COACH TOURS

... and three daughters. IN MAMETZ WOOD.—Lient, George McLean, Royal Engineers, who was with the Welsh Division in the battle of the Somme, has sent to our correspondent a German letter addressed to a German 'officer which he picked up on entering Mameta ...

Published: Friday 28 July 1916
Newspaper: Cambrian News
County: Cardiganshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 2294 | Page: 7 | Tags: none