THE BATTLE of THE SOMME

... or Amiens on his road to it. The Sombre Battle or the Mud Battle would answer more accurately to his im pression of the fighting as a description. Ol course, the battle is fought in the de partment of the Somme but t;hat covers a large area, of which ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1917
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Srr Doucnas Haig’s marrative of the | Battle of the Somme comes at the right moment. - Never was a sober military estimate of the contending forces on the battlefields of Europe more needed in quarters which have hitherto, un ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1917
Newspaper: Sussex Daily News
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 408 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Saturday is the labt night of this famous war picture, which is being shown at the Empire Cinema, Lahore. So far the attepdances have been hardly so large as one would have expected, and it is only to be supposed that the two ...

BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. ULSTERMEN’S DISTINGUISHED SERVICES, Sir D. Haig’s Despatch. WELL-KNOWN OFFICERS “MENTIONED. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1917
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 14 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME SIB , DOUGLAS HAIG'S DISPATCH FOR THE ' TROOPS IN FRANCE . The Secretary of the War Office announces that arrangements are being made for an early iraue of copies of Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig ' s dispatch on the Battle of the ...

Published: Thursday 25 January 1917
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 56 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Cr» Dooolas Haio's despatch describing tb battle of the Somme hw, in respect of m.nj its details of the fighting in the sumwer-auti offensive, been anticipated the daily munique, forwarded at the time and more elaborate deeeriptions ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1917
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Examiner
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 615 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE of THE SOMME

... or Amiens on his road to it. The Sombre Battle or the Mud Battle would answer more accurately to his im pression of the fighting as a description. Ol course, the battle is fought in the de partment of the Somme but t;hat covers a large area, of which ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1917
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1273 | Page: 12 | Tags: Photographs 

Thu Battle of the Somme

... Thu Battle the Somme. The more the Battle of the Somme is considered the greater it appears, whether one studies it in Sir Douglas Haig’s dispatch or in its effect on German policy. When it began the military situation was critical. At Verdun the French ...

Published: Saturday 20 January 1917
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 290 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

WINTER BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... WINTER BATTLE OF THE SOMME. NEW BRITISH ATTACKING TACTICS. Hamel on a larger scale; met with complete success. An enemy trench was carried by our troops on. a front of three-quarters of a mile and our position established. An enemy counter-attack yesterday ...

Published: Friday 12 January 1917
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 71 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

The Battle of the Somme and After. .

... The Battle of the Somme and After. . . Sir Douglas Haig s cffictil account piths Battle of the Somme—the greatest battle in the history of the wntld—is hitbls encouraging. The objects cf the offensive I Were lint to relieve he pressure on ...

CURRENT TOPICS. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME AND AFTER

... CURRENT TOPICS. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME AND AFTER Sir Douglas Haig's official account of the Battle the Somme —the greatest battle in the history of the world—is highly The objects of the offensive were first to relieve the pressure on ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1917
Newspaper: Stirling Observer
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1212 | Page: 6 | Tags: none