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THE KING AND SOMME FILM

... THE KING AND SOMME FILM. ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC. (Official Press Bureau.) The Secretary of tho War Office yesterday issued the following: The film of the Battle of the Somme, as presented at Theatre, London, and throughout the country, including tho film ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 255 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Hindertburg’s Views

... Hindertburg’s Views. Interviewed recently regarding the Battle of the Somme, Von Hindenburg declared that there could be no question of the Germans shortening their Western Front, and that the Allies would never break through. Attempting to sow discord ...

Published: Friday 03 November 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 79 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

KAISER ON THE SOMME FRONT

... KAISER ON THE SOMME FRONT. IRON CROSS DISTRIBUTION Amsterdam. Monday. According to official telegram from Berlin, the Kaiser present tb« battle sector on Somme, where report® from Commander-in-Chief the Army, conversed with the Chief of the H;aff, vkited ...

Published: Tuesday 18 July 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 48 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

M.C. for Keith Officer

... Keith Officer. Captain F- F, Kolty, Seaforth Highlanders, Kao been awarded the Military Croes for good work at the battle of the Somme. Oa.pt. Kolty, who is attached to a Pioneer battalion, has been .»* the front for acme time. He i« a son of Mrs Keity ...

Published: Friday 29 December 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 73 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TUESDAY

... TUESDAY. Battle of the Somme. There has been on the British front particularly severe fighting at the Trones Wood. On Saturday morning our troops succeeded in capturing the southern end of the wood, and the enemy has since made five violent counter-attacks ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 478 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

7.00 NEWS SUMMARY 7.0 S 7 DAYS On the eve of Remembrance Sun* day, Walter Fenton (91), recalls the Battle

... 7.00 NEWS SUMMARY 7.0 S 7 DAYS On the eve of Remembrance Sun* day, Walter Fenton (91), recalls the Battle of the Somme; and writer Mary Kelly discusses her hew book, Abortion: The Full Story. 7M STRANGERS ABROAD Bruce Dakowski retraces the steps of the ...

Published: Saturday 08 November 1986
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 70 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

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- ...

Published: Tuesday 27 March 1945
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 90 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

1.00 ON COURSE

... 1.00 ON COURSE 2.00 THK PARLIAMENT PROGRAMME 2.30 UONS LEO BY DONKEYS This repeated documentary about the Battle of the Somme looks at the experiences of some of the few remaining survivors who went over the lop on July 1,1916. 3.30 TIME TO REMEMBER The ...

Published: Friday 24 June 1988
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 82 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Wounded on Somme

... Wounded on Somme Going to France in 1915, he took part in several important engagements. At the Battle of the Somme 1916 his right elbow was shattered, but clever surgery saved the arm and the use of the hand. In spite of his severe wounds, he continued ...

Published: Thursday 31 December 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 89 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

■ 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 ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1996
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 75 | Page: 22 | Tags: none