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Allies' Captures

... successes on the Somme lies in the fact that they were made, to the amazement of the enemy, just after the French army had beaten the greatest assault which the enemy had ever been aide deliver. During the first fortnight the Battle of the Somme the French ...

Published: Friday 05 January 1917
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 482 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WHAT THE ALLIES HAVE DONE

... offensive. 2. The battle of the Somme. the Franco- British offensive the German Staff has been compelled retain 128 d.visona—about two-thirds of its whole forces—on the West front, 90 of these div-sions being engaged and severely punished the Somme. Despite this ...

Published: Friday 05 January 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 982 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GERMANY'S WAR AIMS

... that they could no longer win and that they would do better to end the war. Finally Professor Meinecke says that the Battle of the Somme has convinced Germany that it is no longer possible to arrive at military decisions *in the full pn-m-«:omwlling sense ...

Published: Friday 05 January 1917
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 172 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Notes on the War

... ” but shows that ** he must not s>ek out an enemy in ordor to attack him.” THE GREATEST BATTLE IN HISTORY. Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch on the Battle of the Somme, the greatest and fiercest conflict in which British troops have ever fought, appeared at ...

Published: Friday 05 January 1917
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1837 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LOCAL WAR NOTES

... r&rt of which he acted as staff captain, and was at the evacuations of both Sulva and Helles, and also through both battles on the Somme. Captain Stokes-Roberts was on? of the best rifle shots in India. War HospiraLs SuepLy DEPoT.—The Committee of the ...

Published: Friday 05 January 1917
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 657 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

STORY OF A VISIT TO DERBY

... her door to a son she had not seen nor heard of for 18 years. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG S DESPATCH. MAIN OBJECTIVE WON. A detailed despatch the Somme and An ere battles by Sir Douglas Haig has been It is clear from the report that the ...

Published: Friday 05 January 1917
Newspaper: Coventry Standard
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 733 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. SIR DOUGLAS LUG'S DESPATCH. MAIN OBJECTIVE WON

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. SIR DOUGLAS LUG'S DESPATCH. MAIN OBJECTIVE WON. A detailed despatch on the &mime and Ancee battles by Sir lkuglas Haig has Me , . It is clear from the itport that the (peak in the weather early in November gave the enemy a respite ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1917
Newspaper: Kenilworth Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 164 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE COLESHILL CHRONICLE SATURDAY JANUARY 6 19i7 THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME COUNTY POLICE REPORT COVENTRY CHAIN ..

... results justified Somme battle and long forward towards the final victory of the Allied cause ENEMV’S As our advance progressed four-fifths of tlie total number of enemy divisions engaged the front were thrown one after into the Somme battle some of them twice ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1917
Newspaper: Coleshill Chronicle
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4414 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SUN FIRE OFFICE

... terms which the Allies can accept to end the war. Professor Meinecke, the well known German historian, says that the battle of the Somme has convinced Germany that it is no longer possible to arrive at military decisions “in the full peace-compelling sense ...

BRITISH ACTIVE ON THE ANCRE

... Bavaria, Commander-in- Chief of the German forces the Somme. The battle of the Somme is over, but it may begin again,” said the Crown Prince, speaking at his headquarters the French front. the Somme battle does begin again the English will ...

Published: Monday 15 January 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 478 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE GERMAN VERSION

... followed last night by the statement ‘'there was slight fighting activity only.” DEFEAT FACING GERMANY. THE ENEMY AND THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Sir Philip Sassoon, M.P., private secretary to Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, speaking at Folkestone, last night, ...

Published: Tuesday 16 January 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 619 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

APPEAL FOR REINFORCEMENTS

... would it They knew what they were fighting for, and they knew they could achieve it and they believed worb while The battle of the Somme had opened the eyes of Germany, and she saw defeat in front of her. We must not trapped any peace snare. bad got the ...

Published: Tuesday 16 January 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 575 | Page: 2 | Tags: none