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MILITARY MEDAL

... the Victoria Hall Fellowship, and is the Fart Surrey Regiment. Sergt. was one ee'lnnts who wont to the attack in the battle of the Somme dribbling football. The chaplain of the East Surrey Brigade writes to the Sergeant: I want to congratulate you very ...

Published: Wednesday 30 May 1917
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 89 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AMBULANCE MAN WOUNDED

... leave during June, 1915, and again this year, only returning on April Bth. He was on field duty both in the battle of the Somme and in the battle of the Anore, and it was in the latter that he received his wounds. ...

Published: Friday 11 May 1917
Newspaper: Shipley Times and Express
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NATURE'S MAGIC

... NATURE'S MAGIC So here, even now, many of the first-line trenches which stormed on the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, are already crumbling in, parapet and parados conspiring together to fill up and obliterate the ugly gash of the trench itself ...

Published: Saturday 12 May 1917
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 169 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

The Measure of Gaia

... Gavrelle. The progress is of the slow determined kind with which we became familiar during the Battle of the Somme. The enemy is in greater force than on the Somme, his resistance is even fiercer, and yet our advance has been more rapid and our losses less ...

Published: Tuesday 15 May 1917
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 194 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Losses

... on the Friday before last that our casualties on the first eighteen days of the Battle of Arras had been half those on the first eighteen days of the Battle of the Somme. From which it is to deduced that the intense and skilful use of artillery superiority ...

Published: Tuesday 08 May 1917
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 240 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MBN KBOM SWITZERLAND

... SWITZERLAND. Since the battle of the Somme has born found impossible M Maintain the Legion in Franae the strength of two regmsraie owing decline the numbers of reermte. This due te the fed that Statee which were among thi' prinotpai sources recruitment ...

Published: Thursday 24 May 1917
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Examiner
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 267 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FRESNOY’S VALUE

... character between Drocourt and Queant. Meanwhile the losses of the enemy are excess of anything that could be imagined. The battle of the Somme cost 730,000 Germans placed hors combat. It is impossible, to estimate those incurred in the bloody defeat of Arras ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 1917
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 305 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CORPORATION CASES

... voluntarily enlisted as soon as war broke out. One son was killed in action in Gallipoli; another, who was engaged in the battle on the Somme, had been missing since July let, 1916, and had since bees presumed dead: another had been in hospital on three separate ...

THE MEN OF THE LEGION

... past They are practically all veomen who enlist 4 from love of France and faith in the justice o her cause. Since the battle of the Somme 1t nas bean found impossible to maintain the Legion + France at the strength of two regiments owi'2 to the decline in ...

Published: Thursday 24 May 1917
Newspaper: Bradford Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 405 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FAMILY’S GOOD CONTRIBUTION,

... voluntarily enlisted soon as war broke out. One son was killed in action in Gallipoli; another, who was engaged in the battle on the Somme, had been missing since July Ist, 1916, and had since been presumed dead; anotner had been in hospital on three separate ...

Published: Friday 25 May 1917
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 401 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

A TEMPORARY UHL

... Drgcoort and Queant. Meanwhile the lossea of the enemy are in excess of anything that could have been imagined. The battle of the Somme cost 790,000 Germans placed born combat. It is impossible estimate those incurred in the bloody defeat of Arras. 'Hie ...

Published: Tuesday 08 May 1917
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Examiner
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 575 | Page: 4 | Tags: none