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GREAT SURPRISE FOR GERMANS

... people had learned of this new weapon and had ettee it, but dilly When . in September the tanks rumbled forward at the battle of the Somme, did the Germans learn ; anything definite of their existence. It may, therefore, be said that one of the discoveries ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1918
Newspaper: Milngavie and Bearsden Herald
County: Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1837 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LITERATURE. SKILKSTONIL A Novel. By W. J. Dawson. (London: John Lane, The Malley Head.) hs. Religion is the ..

... numbering between two end three millions were locked in battle, and that their casualties reached the appalling total of at least three-qunrters of n million of men. Comparisons apart, the Battle of the Somme was a colossal struggle, and to have dealt with it ...

Published: Friday 03 May 1918
Newspaper: Montrose Standard
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2606 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

18 19? 8 Graham & Morton Ironmongers Cabinetmakers Upholsterers Decorators Removal Contractors Valuators House ..

... Wark aged 22 in action the 11th April joined CB at the outbreak of war ards transferred to tho Warwickshires in the battle of the Somme 1916 and transferred to tho Watch with which he had eleven months’ ighting in the last big ve by the Germans one of ...

Published: Saturday 18 May 1918
Newspaper: Bridge of Allan Gazette
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4590 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

41 In COUNTY CASUALTIES

... deliyhted to fine' Kirk, was the thirst P.G.M., and he could for having, for more than 130 years-for it went through the Battle of the Somme. ropy of the Wet Lothian (wirier, which aeoire them he would never be a Member of was here that Auld 13 Lodge wee ...

Published: Friday 10 May 1918
Newspaper: West Lothian Courier
County: West Lothian, Scotland
Type: | Words: 6538 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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... tire by Mr Motto, and by Mr Galbraith If hie work in France. He bad charge of a large S.C.U. Hat in 111 d, during the Battle of the Somme. By a daring act of refusal o desecrate the Sabbath he ran the risk of getting lath grave trouble with the military ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1918
Newspaper: Strathearn Herald
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 6706 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

KILLED

... fully three years. He participated in numerous fierce engagements in the course of his career, sharing in the great battles of the Somme. He was a great favourite with officers and men, and has been more than once mentioned for his bravery in the field ...

Published: Friday 17 May 1918
Newspaper: Motherwell Times
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 311 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

TOLL OF THE WAR. HEROES WHO HAVE FALLEN

... country, and he joined up before he was 18. He was two years and two months in France, and fought through all the battles from the Somme onwards without a scratch till wounded in the engagement of Ist May. He7wa.s last home on %ea,vc in September, 1917 ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1918
Newspaper: Campbeltown Courier
County: Argyll, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 412 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Corporal Kenneth Johnstone

... use of gas masks. He returned to France in December last. « _ In France Corporal Johnstone took part in the yarious battles on the Somme, and proved, as he had done elsewhere, a most capable and reliable soldier. He came fl‘mtfifh all his engflagexpents unwounded ...

Published: Saturday 11 May 1918
Newspaper: Campbeltown Courier
County: Argyll, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 521 | Page: 3 | Tags: none