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desperate struggle

... desperate struggle. EVACUATED NORTH 01 W OOD. Pa«is, Saturday. the battle in the Somme | thMtgt brought no material modification °«'b» whole front. -'i»rlh and eouth of the Somme the organised the position* captured “•JWrtfiy' J* *#*mT only made two attempt* ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1916
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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THE BIRMINGHAM DAILY POST. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1916

... IMPORTANCE OF THE SOMME BATTLE. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE ALLIES. The following telegram has been received from tb© special correspondent erf the British press with the French armies:— Paris, September 27. From an authoritative account of the Battle erf the Somme ...

Published: Thursday 28 September 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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HELD UP THE WAR ?

... HELD UP THE WAR ? STORY OF DELAYED ATTACK FOR FILM PICTURE. Lieutenant Geoffrey Malins. the man who filmed the Battle of the Somme, tells how a general delayed a great operation until the light became good enough for cinematograph purposes. In 1915, when ...

Published: Saturday 06 September 1919
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 197 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE OPENING OF THE SOMME BATTLE

... THE OPENING OF THE SOMME BATTLE. GERMAN STORY OF ALLIES’ HEAVY LOSSES. Amsterdam, August 23. German evening papers publish the first part a long report from headquarters concerning the battle of the Somme July. It stated that in the middle of May the ...

Published: Thursday 24 August 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 224 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE bfRMINGH'AM DAILY POST. SATURDAY. JULY gS, IHI7

... by the battle of the Somme. Meaning the Fighting on the Aisne. Work on these successive retreat zones has now been under way for months, and little effort is made now to conceal either their eistence or purpose. Just as the battle of the Somme forced ...

Published: Saturday 28 July 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1565 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LATEST NEWS

... enemy throws shells every day. He has climbed in and out trenches which saw desperate fighting in the early days of the Battle of the Somme, has gone into German dug-outs and picked up relics with his own hands. and his party were the first visitors to go ...

Published: Wednesday 16 August 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 192 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

The Military Medal has been awarded Private J. E. Rivero, »on of Mr. and Mr*. Rivera, 19. Road, Sparktwlt, for

... wounded in the battle of the Somme and was recently home leave. His only brother enlisted in one of the Private J. E. River* Warwick Territorial regiments on the outbreak of war, and has teen over two years of fighting. He was wounded on the Somme in August ...

Published: Thursday 12 July 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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AMUSEMENTS. Theatre Royal, Birmingham. TWICE NIGHTLY SEASON. EACH EVENING. AT 6.40 AND 9. MATINEE. THURSDAY. i ..

... TWICE NIGHTLY, 6.50 4 9. ACTUAL FIGHTING ON THE ACTUAL BATTLEFIELD Tie Thrillinx Picture the History Cinematography. BATTLE THE SOMME. official Picture of Great Advance. See the British Action! FARR * PARLAND. ZANFRELLAS, IRENE MAY. Bex 10 to 3 an ...

Published: Tuesday 05 September 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 347 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMAX OPINIOX

... writes: Instead of decreasing, the gigantic battle on the Somme has increased in force. is the strongest attempt to break through that the enemy has made since tho beginning his great offensive. That in such a battle against such tremendously superior forces ...

Published: Friday 08 September 1916
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 214 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DAY BY DAY

... shrill whistle. Then he climbs up the ladder at a run, his men following It is the opening of the long and terrible Battle of the Somme t • ,./.. 1 7- I . J • • 4 A 34. mt. Hon tired and dirty I feel. - exclaimed J mho when they left Mrs. Hippo tat behind ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1933
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 212 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

1 JULY, 1916, OP THE SOMME

... 1 JULY, 1916, OP THE SOMME. British Attack on Beaumont Hamel LEST WE FORGET. On 'I July, 1916, ten years today. eon meneed the Battle of the Somme, whiel lasted with short intermissions nab 14 Novecober, and daring this prolonged period the picked forces ...

Published: Thursday 01 July 1926
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 203 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

WHICH CHRISTMAS?

... College, London, last night, on '* The Turning Tide of War,” said, assuming there were 122 German divisions during the battle of the Somme, the French and ourselves had defeated something like half the total German forces, or something like million men in ...

Published: Tuesday 03 October 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 230 | Page: 8 | Tags: none