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IMMEDIATE HELP FDR THE ALLIES

... Allied line may threaten to bookie under the ferocity the German onslaught. The American Government realises that the battle of tbs Somme me continue for tome Ume. «ad that Amerioan force* bo the zneoaa of the »c*le. Erory offioer of toe General Stoff member ...

Published: Tuesday 02 April 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 679 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BIG FIRE AT CHAULNES

... artillery. When it was stated on Saturday that the situation north of the Somme was stable heavy fighting was then going on on the More oil-Lassigny front, which may be described the battle of Amiens, and the result was still uncertain. That front, it may safely ...

Published: Thursday 04 April 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 767 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LOtAL ROLL OF HONOUR

... Palmerston Rosd. Spark brock. joined the Army ia September. 1914, had born the front for over montha. and had been in the battle of the Somme. Hia two brother? joined the Armv—one, who wes in one of the City has *been killed, and the other one. in the R.G A ...

Published: Wednesday 02 January 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 593 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE KAISER’S THAXKS

... previous years and él at the age of 17 years an to was employed hy the King’s five M ‘ompany, Ltd. He fought Norton the battle of the Somme with the through Warwic ks 3 September, 1916, when he was woun ded at Guillemont. ral TOLEN NOT RIGHT TO ANSWER. THE ...

Published: Wednesday 08 May 1918
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 713 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FAMOUS BATTLEGROUND

... the battlefield north of the Ancre to the strip south ot ' .ho stream far as the Somme, thus linking Je-: ;rdsy* attack below Arras with the Amiens offen** below the Somme- The Germans began their on this portion the line in the Ancre Valley, •tu d Albert ...

Published: Thursday 22 August 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 810 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Ir th« Vosgm w« repo the rre.t of the front

... is taking place During the fight fh® Somme in the period -1 we hare captured square miles territory. the old battle of tie Somme, which lasted from 1 Julv October, »e took only 4-t qnare mile- and our in that battle wore infinitely greater than those have ...

Published: Tuesday 27 August 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 660 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

f , learns that the t«t the Crown j. rimce’s abdication will be published to-dav. The abdication, it is stated,

... attitude of the Bavarian Crown Prince Rupprecht during the war are published in the Bayerischer Kurier.�� After the second battle of the Somme in 1916, says the article, the Crown Prince gave expression to a wish ior peace, but without result. At the opening ...

Published: Thursday 05 December 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 825 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

MORE GROUND GAINED NEAR

... destruction order to prepare for future inroads into the defensive system. According to this joumnl the methods the battle of the Somme in 1916 may be effectively renewed with the difference that infantry will not precede the march, but that the land ironclads ...

Published: Thursday 12 September 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 853 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

local boll or honottb

... wounded, And returned to France March last. A younger brother, Sergeant A. Ward. Welsh Fusiliers, was killed in the battle of the Somme in June, 1919. Both joined the Army at the outbreak war, before which they were employed by Pratt Bros., Lombard Street ...

Published: Tuesday 13 August 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 781 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

CORPORAL DILWORTH HOME FROM GERMANY. STORY OF HIS IMPRISONMENT

... During, the battle of the Somme the divisioft to which his battalion, the 27th Warwicks, was attached, and an Australian Division, were ordered on July 16th, 1916, to mukke an attack on another part of the front to hold the Bocfie from the Somme. The 2/7th ...

Published: Saturday 30 November 1918
Newspaper: Kenilworth Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 799 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WOULD HAVE STARVED BUT FOB PARCELS

... Corpl. E. Dilworth. New Row. is the first Kenilworth man to reach home from Germany. was taken prisoner during the battle of the Somme. Corpl. Dilworth gives the ' now familiar account of the wretchedness the food given the men in prison camps in Germany ...

THE JAPANESE LANDING AT VLADIVOSTOK

... his regiment the front he took part in the battle of the Somme and most of the subsequent fighting in until met the death which he always expected and never feared, gallantly leading his men the greatest battle the world Mr. leaves widow and two. children ...

Published: Thursday 11 April 1918
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 986 | Page: 3 | Tags: none