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LULL ON THK AMIENS FRONT

... Beaumont Hamel, Sevre, Puisiens-au-Mont, and Bucquov, and our troops, following swiftly, gam valuable ground. In the first battle of the Somme this was the extreme northern point from which the British ■ launched their successful offensive. ...

Published: Friday 16 August 1918
Newspaper: Western Chronicle
County: Somerset, England
Type: Article | Words: 101 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FRENCH CAPTURE RIBEGQURT :

... men under your command their wannest congratulations on the great triumph achieved the Allied arms in this the third battle of the Somme. £ Tile British Empire sends its- heartfelt thanks to you and your most gallant troops, ...

Published: Friday 16 August 1918
Newspaper: Western Chronicle
County: Somerset, England
Type: Article | Words: 267 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WINNING OP THE BIDGE

... with selected, it is ht, -hecause he did well in the battle of the Somme in He was com an army on the British front, and was commended for resistance he t up. He knows the cou very well, and is the Somme bs is thoroughly GEN. VON BOHN’S RECORD. ...

Published: Friday 16 August 1918
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 719 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

[Belgian Official.] Havre '

... our Army were pouring shells upon it almost without pause. The old German system of trenches, dating from the former battle of the Somme, rua close in front, of the great strength. The position was held by the 121st German Division, but the. picked troops ...

Published: Monday 19 August 1918
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1455 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BLACKBERRIES FOR JAII

... sunday b% a fin• distroyed thr twain taf the No, it, E.t.tern Railwa). covering five affirq. AUGUST 16 1 1918, THIRD BATTLE OF THE SOMME. peach sad British AdvaarAt. SONY'S 111108110U8 LOSSZS. Prisoners sad 1,000 Gess takes. I . 3 g 3 3 German dicisions ...

Published: Thursday 15 August 1918
Newspaper: Brixham Western Guardian
County: Devon, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1390 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Eiuratlmt

... Reims salient. Prince Rupprecht’s command has been halved, and Gen. von. Boehm has been brought in to fight a second battle of the Somme. The Germans are busily engaged reftifying their lines either by voluntary withdrawals, as in the Lys salient, or compulsory ...

Published: Friday 16 August 1918
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2742 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GOING BACK

... ive*- on the Marne began on July 18. The Anglo-French offensive the Somme began on August 8. The second battle of the Marne yielded 35,000 prisoners and guns. The battle of the Somme brought 38,000 prisoners and 500 guns. The grand total, therefore in ...

Published: Saturday 17 August 1918
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2943 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

joKISTOL TIMES AND FRIDAY 16 LASSIGNY RIDGE BATTLE FURTHER FRENCH SUCCESSES BRITISH LINE ADVANCED CANADIANS ..

... memory are no lopger haunted by Huns HUNS’ RETREAT EXPERT CALLED IN Commentator Wednesday night : To-day again battle between Ancre Somme was between 'Mata and the Oise In the southern Lassigny French troops further progress in spite of liberal of by ...

Published: Friday 16 August 1918
Newspaper: Bristol Times and Mirror
County: Bristol, England
Type: | Words: 3555 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

YATES’ SEEDS, CHELTENHAM

... entrance therefore was through the open end of the horseshoe from the west. A deep approach trench, a relic of the 1916 battles of the Somme, fed directly through ftom the line of trenches we were holding into the village due east. In front of the village ...

Published: Tuesday 20 August 1918
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 684 | Page: 3 | Tags: none