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BRAVERY IN THE FIELD

... W. Major Alexander. PRESIDENT OF AIR BOARD. .s&sflS »*T i ♦ THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch. Greatest Battle in History. Sir T>migl:t* Haig* the (totll- thi- Somme, the mnl oonßiiSin which Hriti.li troops have ever fought, lm. ...

Pal*tobarg Cauttt

... and yAuet the lt.A MA - - and ha• :wen :it the irtmt far it, la Li , Battle of the Somme he wan Ladli gmad and wntimled. The beau tie.' for whirl i.e deeerated took in the Battle of .Irme rune. ofheee ')nly 24 rf age. OF; in.inirmtntinn, of the f:inPral ...

Published: Friday 20 July 1917
Newspaper: North Wilts Herald
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 656 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LATEST NEWS. THRUST AFTER THRUST

... LATEST NEWS. THRUST AFTER THRUST. The great Battle of Arras, which in it earlier phases is greater even than the giguntic Battle of the Somme, continues. It began last Monday, since when, according to the latest figures, we have captured over 13,0 prisoners ...

Published: Saturday 14 April 1917
Newspaper: Wiltshire Telegraph
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 891 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LATEST NEWS. ANOTHER GERMAN MURDER. CAPTAIN OF THE BRUSSELS SHOT

... grasp of the much-vaunted Brandenburghers. The capture of Pozieres logically concluded the second stage of the great Battle of the Somme; it definitely established the British on the line to which the second main *‘ push ’’ was directed. The ** Times ' ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1916
Newspaper: Wiltshire Telegraph
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 973 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LATEST NEWS. A LITTLE GROUND !

... littie ground.”’ As a mytter of fuct the move uas given us & hal; or toree-fittns as much ground as we gained ;, toe Battle of the Somme last year, which ey. tended over more than unxmontm. General the Hon. Sir Julian Byng made a surprise attack and broke ...

Published: Saturday 24 November 1917
Newspaper: Wiltshire Telegraph
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 834 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LATEST NEWS. THE RETREAT GF THE BARBARIANS

... skilfully conducted, without the loss of prisoners, guns, or material, and although it makes the long-drawn-out Battle of the Somme, the greatest battle in history, a definite victory for the Allies, the German is right when he boasts that it puts them at a ...

Published: Saturday 24 March 1917
Newspaper: Wiltshire Telegraph
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1023 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LATEST NEWS. SUCGESS IN THE WEST. ANXIETY IN THE EAST

... and 24 guns. T'he new British advance at the beginning of the week was one of the most brilliant successes of the Battle of the Somme, if not of the whole war. On their five-mile stretch north of the Ancre the German lines were of exceptional strength ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1916
Newspaper: Wiltshire Telegraph
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1020 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

A FRUIT MENACE

... coincidence his father and four brothers wore all killed on the same dav—Jnlv |5. 1915—with the first advance at. the Battle of the Somme. They were all the 7th Queen’s RW Regiment, the father being Private Frank Smith, and the eons Privates Frank. Will ...

TROWBRIDGE COMBINED BANDS

... TROWBRIDGE COMBINED BANDS To conclude with Grand Musical Military Episode, entitled (ho BATTLE OF THE SOMME By the Massed Bands Director, Mr. H. D. Nisbet, Bandmaster, U.G.A. R.G.A- Offlctf Cldtt SchMl 14th T.B. Australian Infantry Fare* Tht WHtsMra Rsfimant ...

THE BRITISH STRUCCLE

... weeks. But the Battle of the Somme opened, Germany had to relax her futile efforts at Verdun, months ago the French began the process of re-taking tue captured positions, and all the great bastions of what will ever be an historic battle ground, recognised ...

Published: Saturday 25 August 1917
Newspaper: Wiltshire Telegraph
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1033 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE NATIONAL MISSION IN ST. PETER'S PARISH

... names. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME.—If ever the popularity of the local Electric Palace was demonstrated it was this week, during the first three days of which the management nnn?d for the screening of official pictures of the Battle of the Somme. The Palace ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1916
Newspaper: Wiltshire Telegraph
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1093 | Page: 2 | Tags: none