In Maginot Line
... took them to France in the winter of 1939-40. Under his command, the Division fought in the Maginot Line and in the battle of the Somme back to St Valery: During reprisals by the Ger- ...
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Aberdeen Evening Express
■ TODAY
... cast gather for The Big Picnic (BBC 2 Bill Bryden's epic stage play (shown to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme), set in Govan, Glasgow, at the outbreak of the First World War. It features Aberdeen's Gary Bakewell (recently seen ...
THIS DAY
... Darwin presented his theory on evolution and natural selection to the Linnean Society in London. 1916 First day of the battle of the Somme in World War 1 in less than 24 hours there were 60.000 British casualties. 1929 The cartoon character Popeye the Sailor ...
Brain strain THE twelfth and last heat of “Mastensind” at 7.4 S comes from the University of St Andrews The
... of Mexico,” as his subject and industrial relations officer, David Stevenson (29), from Stirlingshire, goes for “The Battle of the Somme. ...
THIS
... born in Cambrai, France. He was the first person to come to Britain without arriving by sea. 1916 First day of the battle of the Somme in World War 1. In less than 24 hours there were 60,000 British casualties. 1969 Prince Charles was invested as Prince ...
WITH THE R.E.'s IN FRANCE Don t miss this splendid series of adventures of the Aberdeen Field Company of the
... SMITH, starting in the PRESS & JOURNAL on MONDAY Share their discomforts in ice-bound fields and roads— In the great battle of the Somme see them with great audacity and bravery blow up bridges, lay mines and construct fortifications—These boys from your ...
IN FRANCE
... JOURNAL 13th JANUARY starting in the on MONDAY, Share their discomforts in ice-bound fields and roads— In the great battle of the Somme see them with great audacity and bravery blow up bridges, lay mines and construct fortifications -- These boys from ...
* * WITH THE R.E.'s IN FRANCE Don't miss this splendid series of adventures of the Aberdeen Field Company of
... in the PRESS & JOURNAL on MONDAY, 13th JANUARY Share their discomforts in ice-bound fields and roads— In the great battle of the Somme see them with great audacity and bravery blow up bridges, lay mines and construct fortifications—These boys from your ...
4.35 DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS The Prison Without Walls. 4.55 JOHN CRAVEN'S NEWSROUNO Foryounger viewers. 5.05 ..
... of the championships while Gerald Williams collates the stories making today's news. 11.00 THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME The first day of the Battle of the Somme was the worst in British military history In less than 24 hours 60,000 British soldiers became ...
WITH THE E • • s „e el IN FRANCE Don't miss this splendid series of adventures of the
... in the PRESS & JOURNAL a MONDAY , 13th JANUARY Share their discomforts in ice-bound fields and roads— In the great battle of the Somme see them with great audacity and bravery blow up bridges, lay mines and construct fortifications—These boys from your ...
Artist’s Death
... At the outbreak of World War I. s in Spain, and he returned home to join the 4th Gordons. After being wounded in the battle of the Somme, he was commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artiliery, with which he served until the end of the war. Mr Murray has lectured ...
at General Haig
... Gardner's last sentence than the Battle of the Somme. The High Command's plan was to break the deadlock of trench warfare in one block-busterlng attack. Jolfre it was who chose the virtually impregnable German position on the Somme as the vital battleground ...