ALL-DAY BATTLE ON THE SOMME
... ALL-DAY BATTLE ON THE SOMME. i: GERMAN MASSES POUNDED TO ...
... ALL-DAY BATTLE ON THE SOMME. i: GERMAN MASSES POUNDED TO ...
... BATTLE NORTH OF SOMME 18 QUIETER. south of Somme Our Troops Were Pressed From Mezieres. pEMUM HELD THROUGH SHARP FISHTING. BRITISH OFFICIAL TO-DAY. G.H.Q.. France, Saturday, 10.55 am. i NORTH OF THE SOMME onlyjlocal actions have taken place. SOUTH OF ...
... The Battle The Somme. FIVE |} BS the exhibition of this Picture all over the world does not end War, God help civilisation |— Mr. Lloyd George 2 HE BATTLE OF THE SOMME” is the greatest mee: picture in the world—the greatest that has ever been A great ...
... superior equipment, had brilliantly won During the first 18 days of the battle of the Somme we captured 11,000 prisoners an ot ms, while during the first 18 days of the battle of ‘Arras. our captures were 18,000 men. and 230 guns. (Applause.) While we ...
... History’s Biggest Battle, From whatever point of view it may be regarded, the battle of the Somme is the biggest in the world’s made The preparations were on a seale hitherto unknown. Never since time began has such a and huge concentration of men materials ...
... von Chiet of Staff, “ for the excellent manner in which they checked the Franco-Lritish attacks and thus gajned the battle of the Somme.” The following autograph letter was sent by the Kaiser to the Crown Prince of varia :— In a serious situation, under ...
... commanding the 4th German Corps, wrote in the early weeks of August a report of about 15,000 words in len h on the battle of the Somme and the lessons to be drawn from it. He covers the whole field of criticism, discussing methods of attack, of defence ...
... pps’ Brewery, urton-on- Trent, was a member of the crew of one of the “tanks” when made their st appearance in the battle of the Somme on 15 Seprember. After getting astrides of the enemy posi- tions and enfilading tne Germans in their “tan , was tem ...
... MATOR KILLED. Major F. W. Wrage, Sherwood who was reported tuissing as from 1 July 1916 (the opening ot the Battle of the Somme), is now otticially presumed to have He been killed in action on that date. was the third son of the late Alderman and Mrs ...
... WOUNDED ON THE SOMME. After four months’ civilian life, follow- ing fifteen months in German camps as a prisoner of war, Pte. Alfred Edmund Parkes, Royal Warwickshire Territorials, has succumbed to his wounds. In the battle of the Somme, in the early art ...
... published to-day the regarding the hooty captured by French and British troo ps during the first four months of the battle on the Somme is the most eloquent testimony to the vigour of our offensive. ...
... discussed in antici tion, says ““A Student of the War” in the Manchester The best commentary on these opera- tions is the Battle of the Somme, and we may usefully compare once more what happened in the offensive of last year with what is happening now, for memories ...