been close command of the recent operations of the Anglo-French, armies, working in full agreement with Sir ..

... General French in the defence of Ypres, and he was associated with Sir Douglas Haig in the plan and execution of the Battle of the Somme. When the Allied Reserve was created under the aegis of the Supreme Council at Versailles, Foch was appointed to the ...

Published: Saturday 30 March 1918
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1259 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WOUNDED

... effects and that Inis condition is considered serious.. This is second time hospital, he having been wounded at the battle of die Somme. Prior to enlisting he was employed as moulder by Messrs George Paul and Co., ironfounders. Denny. Mr M. Ryan, Stirling ...

Published: Saturday 23 March 1918
Newspaper: Falkirk Herald
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1023 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GREAT BATTLE RAGES AIL DAT

... GREAT BATTLE RAGES AIL DAT. -CAUSE FOR PRIDE & THANKFULNESS.” Fifty German Divisions Attack. UNPRECEDENTED mass of QUNS. righting continued till late Thursday night and all day yesterday t'.oag ihe whole battle front. The enemy has made progress at certain ...

Published: Saturday 23 March 1918
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1040 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LARNE TOWN COl RT

... parchment certificate distinction, the winning of the Military Medal, and promotion tn© rank of sergeant. Wounded at the battle of the Somme, he was for some time in hospital in England, and when convalescent was admitted the Cadet Battalion at, Feripuy regret ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1918
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1083 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WAR ITEMS

... its junction with the Somme. It is II miles south-west In the retreat the Germans after the battle the Marne the enemy lines were drawn two miles east Albert, which was on© the British advanced bases during the battle of the Somme last. year. BARLEUX.—A ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Evening Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2217 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

IRISH STEAMER SUNK

... imposing monument, planted three oak trees in memory of the brave local men who made the greatest of all sacrifices at the battle of the Somme on lit July, 1916. Mr. R. F. M'Cartney, J.P. (Chairman of the Council), explained, before the planting ceremony. that ...

MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES

... instrqctor in the Officers’ Training Corps, Rcigate, Surrey. is a son of Canon Rarpes. Ballycastlc, and was wounded in tho battle of tbe Somme. Lieutenant A. H. Armstrong. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. (Belfast) has been accepted for the Indian Army. MILITARY ...

Published: Saturday 23 March 1918
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1033 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

wee tamed on a considerable front Quentin on Friday afternoon. The the Wittels statement. and tell ue that , the

... *between Arra. and Pen:me appear to toe back in th, direnon of the old line which we held et the beldame; nl the battle of the Somme on July I, tilt. The,. havol offered a most desperate rerristanse, at the Ove. Tine thrmaelt es admit.— Tinter NOT ...

Published: Monday 25 March 1918
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1162 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

scots battalions in Action . * TRAMWAYMEN AND THE GUNS

... Augustwhich is believed to bo a record . The Glasgow Tramways ' battalion passed through Albert , tho great gateway to the battle of tho Somme , whoro tho Madonna , holding aloft tho infant Christ , now extends her arms in a seemingly impossiblo position , from ...

Published: Friday 08 March 1918
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2147 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LONDON PRoOtuE. ?larch 31.7600 r arlr.ard

... held at the beginning of July, 1916, on the eve of the beginning of the great, the long, and the ultimately successful Battle of the Somme. At the most, then, the enemy baa restored the position as it existed twenty months ago. Re may accomplish much more ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1918
Newspaper: Newcastle Daily Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 1443 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

PRICES AS USUAL

... attends!. Mr. Urquhart served for two years in Fran in the Second Battalion, London Rifle Brigade, and took part in the Battle of the Somme where he was badly wounded. He was afterwards discharged. He was appointed Choirmaster and organist at the Parish Church ...

Published: Friday 15 March 1918
Newspaper: Harrow Observer
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1431 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BACK TO THE OLD LINE,

... evacuated when he left the Somme 1 vear ago. To-day there was some fighting on the east of the High Wood. Germav guus were shelling Fricoort Wood and village, :nd Marmetz, their old Jine at the heginning of the first battle of the Somme. It was rot a particalarly ...

Published: Saturday 30 March 1918
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1348 | Page: 6 | Tags: none