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... upon our brave soldiers as in the Battle of the Somme. The French carried out a great attack in perfect concert with ours, and thus helped to secure the triumph of the joint offensive. The French battle of the Somme will be a glorious page in French history ...

Published: Saturday 14 October 1916
Newspaper: Sport (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 205 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Aston Villa have received an intimation that their old player, T. Barber; who joined the Footballers' Battalion ..

... wounded in. the recent advance, and is•now an inmate of the first Scot- tish hospital at Aberdeen. While fighting at the battle of the Somme ;3arber was shot in the leg. The New Zealand Forces, like ali 'soldiers, are much addicted to sport, even when within ...

Published: Saturday 26 August 1916
Newspaper: Sport (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 428 | Page: 1 | Tags: none