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... 99 per cent. of the officers and men of which were Ulstermen, € nobly distinguished itself on the opening day of the Battle of the Somme. Five thousand five hundred of all ranks were killed or wounded in that engagement, and there was scarcely an Ulster ...
... difficult we find there the Trish Guards. We s‘in some estimate of their losses when we realise during ten days in the battle of the Somme the Battalion practically lost a Battalion in casuvalties. The second volume is devoted to the history of the Second ...
... Forget.” The first of July is a day sacred to Ulster. It was on that date that the Ulster Division made history at the Battle of the Somme. There the sons of the Imperial Province gave the supreme proof of their patriotism and devotion to the cause. Ulster ...
... mentioned in despatches. In his final despatech Lord Haig said: “ From the commencement of the preparations for the first Battle of the Somme and throughout all subsequent operations, the General Staff work has been directed with great ability and suecess by ...
... itable w«\ T ind hardly matter We now z‘lpproach i o niidence the fair hopes built on the military position after the Battle of the Somme. Unrestricted submarine warfare, while biinging®®u an ulthmately powerful Allv, produced also an minediate situnation ...
... sending to Your Majesty, and to your gallant armies, my heartiest greetings upon their last achievements in the great battle of the Somme.—Nicholas, Sept 29, 1916.. In the name of my army, and on my own behalf, 1 heartily thank Your Majesty for your gratifying ...
... big engagements, the most important of whick were :—Mons, Le Chateau, Marne, first and second battles of Ypres, Aisne, first and second battles of the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Messines, and Arras. It is to be hoped that a continuance of Sergt. Peterson’s good ...
... GERMAN REPORT ON SOMME BATTLE HEAVY STORMING ATTACK BY ALLIES SOMME DRAMA DRAWING TO AN END. A semi-official description of the big battles on the Somme which iz issued in Berlin says:—The fighting between 9th and 13th October was the ...
... and after a further course of training at Rigon, he crossed over to France in June, 1916, where he took part in the battles of the Somme and Ancre, in ithe latter of which he was wounded. Private Spence was the first boy to win a Secondary EPQ;llCllion ...
... on 28th November, 1915. After that the histaor{ of the Gordons would be the story of the war. It was not until the battle of the Somme—where so many young Shetlanders fell—that Sergt.-Major Gray had {!il first real cx]}n]eriencc of flf:ating on a grand ...
... blunder that was the Battle of the Somme—and of the tragedy, horror and courage associated with that great battle. It is a critical, but extremely readable account of the policy, planning and action of the British and French armies in a battle where the British ...