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... another desperate struggle. During the battle they were reinforced! by • sixth division. their ranks were' filled with boys of under uo. who had sent out from to fill the gaps caused by the great battles op the Somme and in 'lender., and how nobly thev acquitted ...
... Count de Sousa, present volume covers operations from the early stages of the Balkan campaign to the loginning of the Battle of the Somme. His purpose is much more to explain why things happened than how they happened. It is therefore as • criticism rather ...
... years in France. His father and four brothers were all killed on the same day—July is, — in the first advance at the battle of the Somme. The eldest son was onlv 22. The youth's three sisters were all killed in I) r raids, while his mother was the victim ...
... division from 1914 until 1916. said he had been charged with wanton waste of the men entrusted to his command at the battle of the Somme. Hs re_ p at ind that charge with indignation. The measures taken which led to this loss were either in opposition to ...
... stated, L t hor oughly ashamed of myself, and forgiveneui. Another letter admitted misconduet in Paris after the battle of the Somme. The suit was undefended. ...
... exhausting the enomy's strength, j waiting and watching. with and Focht In for the time to begin the great , I me-Inter-battle of the Somme. Just as , history has already recognised that the Marne made German victory impossible. Iso it will. I believe. even/nips ...
... make it • practical even* af war were mobility, stability, strength. armour, and armament Generally speaking, in the battle of the Somme the armour on the Tanks used gave adequate protection. The Solicitor-General: Are you making a claim here for your personal ...
... improvement as experience was gained, but in the end enthusiasm triumphed. Our first Tanks made 'heir debut in the Battle ! of the Somme, is September. WIS. did wad work. but did not fulfil all the expectations which had been formed a them _ - 7Coew invention ...
... designers of the Tanks, for Sir Williams Tritton's firm constructed and delivered the Tanks exactly as they fought at the battle of the Somme. _ actual construction of Little Willie, said counsel. was beirtin at Sir William Tritton's works at Lincoln on August ...
... trolll Le I to Ypres deserves never to forgotten. In the dream- period of st a tionary war. fare which larded to the Battle of the Somme tbe flainp,hires had need of all their inbred endurance and dogged courage. It was trot easy to be Naliant waterlogged ...
... years many excellent cin..noitograph pictures of scenes on the various fronts been shown. such, for example. as The Battle of the Somme and the Surrender of the Fleet. They aie records which future historians highly appreciate. Moreover. every event ...
... my's attention from the W the great attack wAa launched. ON THE SOMME. The truism of modern warfare is that the record of the biavest of regiments is not made up of a series of greet battle*. There are the long periods of patient waiting, the spisodea ut ...