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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. •ILLY L, 1916. (By Sir HERBERT RUSSELL.) Is it really ten long years ago to-day ? the vast, confused, phantasmagoiia memories w'bich is the legacy of three-year job the Western Front, to live very near to all tho big events from ...

Published: Thursday 01 July 1926
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1055 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE CONTINENTAL ‘WAR. telegrams through press association.] BATTLE ON THE SOMME. SEVERE FRENCH DEFEAT. * Tours, ..

... THE CONTINENTAL ‘WAR. telegrams through press association.] BATTLE ON THE SOMME. SEVERE FRENCH DEFEAT. * Tours, Monday. Official despatches announce that a battle has taken place between Villera Bretonnoux and Soleur, near Amiens, which lasted the whole ...

Published: Tuesday 29 November 1870
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 469 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BRITAIN’S BLOW

... RITAIN'S BLOW SIR D, HAIG ON BATTLE OF THE SOMME. ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 10 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

NEXT YEAR’S OFFENSIVE

... be prolonged, which God forbid—our armies would be stronger than ever. wou better supplied than ever. In the great battle of the Somme in 1916 tho British artillery fire wes unexampied in the history of war. During ‘th e 23 weeks of the present offensive ...

Published: Thursday 04 October 1917
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 181 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LT. A. W. L. HUSBAND MISSING

... of the Indian Queen’s Council School, id-Cornwall, and vas mentioned in despatches for good work at the lst Palestine. battle of Somme. A was killed in OAPT. GQLIFFORD DEWDNEY KILLED. Dewdn . Clifford Dewdney, eldest con of Mr. Harry on the ney, of Liskeard ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1918
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 180 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

80. L-TRI BATTLE OP THE OOMMB. No. 2.-THB KINO VISITS HIS ARMIES IN TOT

... No.\1—THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. No. 2—THE KING VISITS HIS ARMIES IN THE ‘The most Scenes of cur Gallant i They show Modern Warfare TANKS! TANKS!! TANKS!!! THIRD GENERATION. FILM O0., EDNA FLUGRA‘ MARY DIBLZY, % Mr. CHARLES ROOK. Ghowing for the first ...

Published: Monday 20 November 1916
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 74 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Devon V.C. Dead

... Devon V.C. Dead Ma.i. George Onions, who won the V.C. during the second Battle of the Somme, when serving in the Devonshire Regt., has died in Birmingham, aged 62. He met with a motoring accident a few weeks ago. H e was native South Wales. He was mainly ...

Published: Wednesday 05 April 1944
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 86 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOMME

... OF THE SOMME - - - —- lv. Friday being the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, a special commemoration service will be held at 4.11 Hallows-by-the-Tower at 1.15 pm For one week at All Hallows there will be a solemn recognition of the Somme in which ...

Published: Thursday 30 June 1932
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 96 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

(CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS COLUMN.) the numerous orders they have issued giving instructions as to the best ..

... these are heavily concreted and loop- holed they make quite formidable It may be recalled that after the battle of Loos and during the battle of the Somme the enemy was driven to adopt this of defence, the chief advantage of which ig that it takes longer to ...

Published: Tuesday 07 August 1917
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 107 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GERMAN VIEW OF THE BATTLE

... GERMAN OF THE Amsterdam, Wednesday Discussing the battle on the Somme, the mili- tary correspondent of the ‘‘ Vossische Zeitung ” says that the operations are still developing, and that their climax has apparently not yet been reached. “Consequently,’’ ...

Published: Thursday 20 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 138 | Page: 5 | Tags: none