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THE LIGHTING RESTRICIIONS

... g while withdrawing in such condition without the of one day being outflanked. The battle from Arras to the Oise is, therefore, the consequence the battle of the Somme, which led the enemy to recognise the necessity retiring. If the Germans have decided ...

Published: Tuesday 20 March 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1058 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

PROGRESS IN THE WEST. GERMANS WITHDRAWING TO THE BRAM RIDGE

... in the Battle of the Somme forced upon them only by actual defeat on the ground. This is a strategical retreat, revealing a new phase of weakite-s( in their defensive conditions. It has not cores to OUT generals as a surprise. After the Battle of Boom ...

Published: Saturday 03 March 1917
Newspaper: Leek Times
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 557 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

KIIXED IN ACTION

... in Mesopotamia, July 19th, 1916. A. E. Warren, died loving memory of m dear son, Second-Lieut. A. E. ki in action, Battle of the Somme, July 23rd, 1916 —Mother. RAINBOW.—In affectionate memo: ry of our dear brother, Second-Lieut. A. E. Rainbow, R. War ...

Published: Friday 20 July 1917
Newspaper: Leamington Spa Courier
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 506 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

:MILITARY CROSS FOR CAPTAT& KNIGHT-COL-7PS

... January 1917.. He is in the Army Field Artillery. and lie has been in a lot of; very -hard fighting, including the Battle of the Somme, Vimv Ridge, etc. Captain Kniffiht- Coutts while at Evesham was well-known in the football world. He took a .keen .interest ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1917
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 564 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

RIFLEMAN W. L WOrNDED • AND MISSING.. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Toon. of Abbey Street. Eyckley, Birmingham (late et

... August, 1614. He was wounded In July. 1916. at the battle of the Somme. and invalided to Ragland. Mter his recovery he returned to Trams in Novelsber, and is now reported to have been captured in the battle at Anne. Before joining the Army he was employed ...

Published: Thursday 24 May 1917
Newspaper: Burton Observer and Chronicle
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 658 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Vast Mine lixploslons

... were half starved for want of the food that could not carried through our ring of fire for five days preceding the battle. Verdun, the Somme, Arras never saw such mutual fire and such complicated devilry of war. Tanks, like obscene monsters, squirmed forward ...

Published: Friday 08 June 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 639 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE WAR

... THE WAR. THE GREATEST BATTLE IN HISTORY. Sir Douglas Haig's Dispatch. Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch on the Battle of the Somme, the greatest and fiercest conflict in which British troops have ever fought, has appeared in the London Gazette. Here for the ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1917
Newspaper: Tamworth Herald
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 721 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

60 GERMAN 'PLANES DOWN

... and Runcorn' for the other three. The record of these two day s i s withr,ut a parallel Fince, at an 7 rate. ttu-3 Battle of the Somme beiTan on July 1, 1916. Eighteen Germ an and seven lan--came involuntarily to earth on Ray 2, and o n Feb. ruary 15 ...

Published: Saturday 10 March 1917
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 597 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

D S.O. and D.S.C

... Norton, Military joined the Army in September, 19 1 14, took part in the battles of Lors and Givenchy. Awarded Military Medal for bravery in the field end good work the battle of the Somme last July. Next-of-kin, Mr. J Franchetti, father. HONOURS FOR BIRMINGHAM ...

Published: Saturday 23 June 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 613 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Tax Tanxs

... the beginning of the end German hopes. When the great crater outside La Boiselle was fired at the commencement of the battle of the Somme the history of the world began at a new chapter, which will be heavily censored by the German historian. A Canadian ...

Published: Wednesday 13 June 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 811 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BRITISH GAINS ON NINE-MILE

... further operations which may develop from this commanding position. When we compare the results of the battle Arras with the results of the battle of the Somme gained during the corresponding period we are better able to set a correct standard to the importance ...

Published: Saturday 14 April 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 770 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MB. RODERICK HARRIS

... estimated above at a month. But there are obvious reasons again adopting this course, unless, was the case after the battle of the Somme, he is obliged to make premature drafts the class intended for next year’s campaign. In the German casualty lists for ...

Published: Thursday 05 July 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 836 | Page: 8 | Tags: none