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... Battle of the Somme recalled ' Part 14 of the 8.8.C.’s history of the Great. War recalls thc Battle of the Somme, which began on July 1, 1916. Officially the ininferno - lasted 140 days- and cost 415,000 ' British lives. In reality it -dragged: ‘on until ...
... Points _of view _ - BATTLE OF THE SOMME HAIG DISPOSED CAVALRY TO MEET POSSIBLE EVENTUALITY To the EDITOR of “THE SCOTSMAN From Viscount Elibank Edinburgh, August 26, 1959 Sir~My regiment, the 2nd Kln‘ Edward’s Horse. served 'through 191 :mmn(mmmmng: ...
... PAUL VERSCHUUR uncovers the bizarre tale of a veteran’s bid to bury a Battle of the Somme victim Museum owner Sembeau Lecocg said he found the skull and bones in a trench near the village of gwal in the Sorhme district about 25 years ago, and decided ...
... Over the top: Scottish troops advance near Arras during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The massive losses they suffered may go some way to explaining the killing of prisoners. and the last surviving First World War veteran at Erskine Hospital, said ...
... each other in a battle of attrition for the following ten weeks and, despite the first ever tank attack, at Flers, they remained entrenched in their positions. The battle ended after weeks of atrocious weather. - The second battle, the Somme Offensive, took ...
... HISTORIAN DISAGREES WITH 8.8. C. Somme Battle programme The name of Captain B. H. Liddell Hart (68), the war historian, will be removed from the screen credits of the 8.8. C.-2 series, “ The Great War,” in a fortnight's time. Capt. Liddell Hart claims ...
... P FLASHBACK For 1916 was, of course, the year of the first Battle of the Somme when whole battalions were wiped out in minutes on the Western Front battlefield. Thousands were mown down by German machine-gun fire as they were ordered over the top in ...
... THE Princess Royal paid tribute to the Royal Newfoundland Regiment at a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme during a visit to the Canadian province. People — Page 5 ...
... Ragout de pommes de terre Thezy-Glimont THEZY-GLIMONT is a place, not a person, a stone’s throw from the site of the Battle of the Somme. Apparently the vegetables there are terrific. This ragout from the area is the speciality of ...
... VETERANS FOR SOMME A grougvof 70 British First orld War veterans are to return to France on June 28 as guests of honour in ceremonies to mark the seventieth anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. More than 5000 visitors from Britain and overseas are ...
... Nicosia: cypriot Michael Efthyvoulos, who survived the Battle of the Somme in the First World War and a German PoW camp in the Second World War, has been buried Ignleooola. He died on Tuesday aged cllqaq:omkyehologlst Luke Parker (29), Manchester, and ...
... Moths 2.3 O—BUSINESS DAILY 1.00 —ON COURSE. 2.OO—THE PROGRAMME PARLIAMENT 2.3 O—LIONS LED BY DONKEYS. Story of the Battle of The Somme told by survivors and archive film. 3.3 O—TIME TO REMEMBER. The winter of 1944-45. 4.OO—ARCTIC SPIRITS. Documentary ...