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WOUNDED ON THE SOMME

... months ip 6rian cam a of war, Pte. Alfred bad Parkes, Royal “Warwickshire Lernu bas succumbed to his wounds, ly the battle of the Somme, in the I of 1916, Parkes was wounded { head bi y shrapnel. Recently hi injures necessitated him becoming ...

Published: Wednesday 06 February 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 63 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PRESUMED TO BE DEAD

... now officially behoved to dead The other son. Private John Findlater,'Roval Warwickshire Regiment, was missing at the battle of tbe Somme, 1 July. nine months later was presumed to le dead. ...

Published: Thursday 14 March 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 67 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Dogged British Pluck

... and .set on lire. I trench took back, however, and it was on the edge of the British line until the beginning of the battle of tho Somme. Then tho inhabitants begun to trickle hack, and lately some ot* its streets had been resuming almost tlniir normal ...

Published: Thursday 28 March 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 363 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HEAVY GUNFIRE

... RENEWAL ATTACK WIDER FRONT EXPECTED. Paris, Tuesday. Reuters Expert Commentator writes;— fresh pause has intervened the battle on the Somme front, which wag only animated, yesterday by reciprocal bombardments. There was indeed infantry engitgement, but a renewal ...

Published: Wednesday 10 April 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 575 | Page: 1 | 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

BY COLONEL JOHN BUCHAN

... abroad on thei preparation ’’ and, if possible, new troops various fronts. In August, 1918, eight and i edch stag©. Battle of the Somme a half million men had been recruited was tho result, where the major part was from the armed forces of the Crown played ...

Published: Thursday 14 November 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1809 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HEAVY FIGHTING ON WIDE FRONT SOUTH OF THE SOMME: BRITISH WITHSTAND STRONG GERMAN BLOWS. GROUND YIELDED BY FRENCH

... suffered the on the whole of the naale zone exceed those the preceding New Battles Begun. Saturday, B.id p.m. North of the River Somme, after a short lull yesterday, the battle broke out afresh tlre morning. The enemy repeated hit i and unsuccessful a-saolts ...

Published: Monday 01 April 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 3045 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE SCENE OF A CENTURY-OLD TRIUMPH. and officers and men rested awhile in Wellington's Hotel. have very much ..

... Battalion Despatch Runner one of the most trying and dangerous duties of the British Tommy. I took very active part in the Battles of the Somme, Messines, Ypres and Cambrai, and was fortunate enough to have the Military Medal bestowed upon me for my work as a ...

Published: Thursday 05 December 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 277 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A War of Movement

... after short intervals, by Allied troops. It true that interval between the battles of the Somme, in which we pushed the Germane out of their very strong positions, and the battles which are raging to-day is interval of good deal more than a year, but this ...

Published: Tuesday 26 March 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 548 | Page: 1 | Tags: none