... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME SIFS D. HAIG'S GFFICIAL REPORT. THREE MAIN OBJECTS ACHIEVED. ALLIES HAMPERED BAD V/EATHER. ULTIMATE VICTORY BEYOND DOUBT. 1 Sir Douglas despatch describing part played the British armies the Somme campaign from preparatory bombardment ...

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. RE\ BY THE COMRADES THE GREAT WAR. Thursday evening, at the club, Mr. A. Bnggs (late R.E. Mechanical Warfare Dept.) gave A very interesting lecture ' The Battlefield. 1916. Mr. Briggs i.« to congratulated 'upon- having secured such ...

... part in the battle of the Somme, and thought that the offensive would conducted by the British. The French wero believed to have been exhausted by the battle Verdun, but the Germans changed their minds when they saw French army corps on the Somme. The following ...

... THE BATTLE THE SOMME FRENCH SEMI-OFFICIAL STATEMENT. BRITISH GAINS SUMMARISED. GOOD DAY'S WORK. (Prcs3 Association War'Spocial.) Paris, Saturday. semi-official statement issued last night says: main feature of to-day the resumption of the offensive tho ...

... German lines along the Somme The original Intention had been that French should a larger part the attack but as they were drained strength Verdun so their share of the Somme plan evaporated Eventually their front attack on the Somme shrank from 25 miles ...

... DERBY EVENING TELEGRAPH Friday Novemb0r PAUL TEMPLE) by FRANCIS DURBRIDGE ‘BATTLE OF SOMME’ FOUGHT ON COAL TIP RECONSTRUCTION of the Battle of the Somme a highlight the “Inheritance” episode ITV at 90 This entitled “The Men Who Marched Away” The scene ...

... BATTLE OF SOMME DEKBY TELEGKAEH Monday Sovember 17 HERO that eMx-rtfc ink ballpoint where In your Judgment Ihc lie action picture and consideration all which vour in opinion merits the with the will receive the an Jackpot with Judgment will the will for ...

... of the Battle of the Somme. Sherwood Foresters were among the men of every class and walk oflife who had answered the call to fight for King and country. Today, relatives of those who fought and fell from Derbyshire have travelled to the Somme memorial ...

... and moving memorial to the bloodiest battle in our history when Malcolm Brown's documentary The Battle of the Somme was first transmitted in 1976. Now, to mark the 70th anniversary of one of the greatest battles of the First World War, the film is shown ...

... interest was revived this year as the 70th anniversary of the battle of the Somme was commemorated. Men from volunteer battalions of the Sherwood Foresters rested near the town before the battle and on the first day suffered heavy casualties. Nearby is a ...

... SOMME BATTLE COMMEMORATED \ Union Jack flew from the armoury at Normanton Barracks, Derby, to-day, in commemoration the Battle of the Somme. which began on July 1. 1916. All the war battalions of the Sherwood Foresters were engaged in the ...

... Non-commissioned Officers and Men of the 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, who on this date lost their lives in the Battle of the Somme. Tth Battalion Sherwood Foresters.—To the memory of the Officers. Non-com nissioned Officers and Men the Battalion Sherwood ...