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... at the time of Caporetto. One of the most striking documents that have appeared during the war, is his report on the Battle of the Somme in which he laid down the main principles of modern fighting. that is to say the principles of war as accepted at the ...
... the Allies' Reserves into hatt:e and so be left free to strike with whatever forces be has kept intact. The swaying battle between the Somme and Mont ft reflects the parrying of the enemy's blows. which have been diverted to this narrow front. Ms main attempt ...
... and a stterch cf country East and Southeast of Bapaume which he abandoned to us in his retreat last March after the battle of the Somme. Our men will fight to the death to ssfeguard our lines. Whatever 'round the enemy 4, sy take in his first aseaults ...
... defensive system that bears little, if any, resemblance to Germany's original defensive fortifications on this front. The battle of the Somme not only demonstrated that the three lines of trenches must go down in the end before a protracted assault, but that ...
... Imperial War Cabinet rend their warmest congratulations on the great triumph achieved by the Allied Arms in the Third Battle of the Somme, and the Empire's heartfeit thanks to you and your .nost gallant troops. From Palestine. Official.-0a the night of the ...
... p, L. Christian, B—Some Hawarden Letters 1878.l9) . Bvo. 1917 Maaefield, J—Old front line, or the beginning of the battle of the Somme. Illus. cr. Bvo. 1917 Moretti+ h A dien by M. BarrZ.s, Paris (2 c) or. Svc 19)0 O'Sullivan, S—Mud ;Ind Purple. (2 c) ...
... last great battle of the war. This is stiffening their will to sacrifice to a degree inexpressibly magnificent. The enemy's greatest pressure was against the desolate tracts across which the Germans retreakd after the Battles of the Somme Here, neither ...
... entrance therefore was through the open end of the horseshoe from the west. A deep approach trench, a relic of the 1916 battles of the Somme, led directly through from the line of trenches we were holding into the village due east. In front of tbe village ...
... appointments of his tour have been cancelled. Sir D. Haig's supplementary despetsh states that in the seriesi of successful battles on the Somme front beginning on the Bth of August, the English, Scottish and Welsh Divisions took an important share in the fighting ...