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The Great Triumph

... under your command their warmest con-I gratulationa on the great triumph ach.eved by the Allied arms in this, the third battle! of the Somme. The British Empire sends' its heartfelt thanks to you and your most gallant troops.. The followmg telegrams have ...

Published: Thursday 15 August 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 192 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Aerial Warfare

... the great battle of the Somme. and dropped bombs and used their machine guns until a late hour on the targets offered by the enemy. Useful reports as to the location of hostile trookls were brought in. and in the northern area of the battle a certain ...

Published: Monday 01 April 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 345 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ritll4)S ERA OF .1%-Alf

... at 43. .thbry-Cats.Likester. CHARGE OF TIIE ULSTER bring the jnnivctsary the thaile of 7lic Ulster Division at tbe battle of the Somme, wreaths were placed in front ul Belfast City flail by the Lady NI as orc.s and other ladies, in memory of the men tv ...

Published: Tuesday 02 July 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 369 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DEATH

... and Fisheries. Calk win Fcla Boilkit, M.A., liaison officer bemom the French an d British Armies throughout the Grit battle of the Somme• ' Sir Frank R. Benson; Mr. A. T. Kerslake, lI.M. inspector of Schools, Mr. Vaughan CtimiJi, D.Sc.; Mr. Arthur R. Hunch% ...

Published: Saturday 21 September 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 556 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Silk & Art Silk Knitted Coats. Blj r VALUE LA 116 6Tt

... Floor Beck FRANK FENTON TIC RTRANoMR.- Leicester Daily Post MONDAY. 'AUGUST 12. 1918. THE SOMME VICTORY. Marshall and Rose Superb Pianos. The third battle of the Somme, antler the direction of IrSeld4lass4l Sir Douglas liai s e. is deseknoing into a antics ...

Published: Monday 12 August 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 799 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

IMPERIAL WAR EXHIBITION

... whirls Col. I. V. Campbell relied the Coldstreams at the Somme. a feat for which he was awarded the V.C. The visitor can also see an ordinary gable which was used throughout the battle of the Somme by Sir Douglas Haig. and also by the King and Generals ...

Published: Tuesday 08 January 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 940 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HE LEICES

... our Infantry and artillery, lines. North of the Somme we threw thel enern3, in a counter-attack, out of his positions. 'woos taken Fresnoy-en. and British troops are east of nrd Caix. North of the Somme opposing a vigorous resistance .jvince. and heavy ...

Published: Saturday 10 August 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1325 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DOU FFFFF AMA

... allowed to return. Colonel G. R. Crossfield. D. 5.0., former commander of a Lancashire Battalion, who lost a leg in the Battle of the Somme; Mr. F. J. Green (provisional S.W.L. candidate for Leicester), and Mr. Victor Fisher also , strongly criticised the ...

Published: Monday 15 April 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1365 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

TIIE HCCME RULE

... on the Lahn, tlerniany. Private McNally has been in t ie army about three years.. and has been wounded twice, In lb* battle of the Somme and at Cambria Before the war he worked for Messrs. T. rrick and Co.. shoe inannfaettirers. He Is n brother of H. C ...

Published: Tuesday 23 April 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1632 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Di F lIIITILY lINGLIIIN,

... Howitzers in June. 1915 awl wont to Probes with the hrlitade. with which be Dorset, so banslardirr. writste in ills battle of the Somme in Mit. Prior to enliantera t ne was an asairtant stasager at Chu itioarriee of the &derby and Weary 4tatthy. tirenho ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2633 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

out Niwowar

... whereas before the battle the British had one strong defensive line, they have now four. A gratifying feature of our operations on the Western front has been the decrease in the percentage of infantry casualties. At the battles of the Somme they were very ...

Published: Tuesday 08 January 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 419 | Page: 4 | Tags: none