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BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. GERMANS CLAIM ADVANCE ON FRONT OF TWO MILE& Two attacks have been made by Zeppelin# upon Paris during the week-end. The first, which occurred on Saturday night, resulted in the deaths of twenty-four persona, and several women and ...

Published: Monday 31 January 1916
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Examiner
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 227 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MOFFAT THE SITUATION TO-NIGHT. Paris and Zeppelins. DEMAND FOR REPRISAL RAIDS. THE BATTLE ON THE SOMME. CERMAN ..

... MOFFAT THE SITUATION TO-NIGHT. Paris and Zeppelins. DEMAND FOR REPRISAL RAIDS. THE BATTLE ON THE SOMME. CERMAN CLAIMS OF SUCGESS. MILITARY ACTIVITY IN MACEDONIA ATTACK GERMAN SUSPICION OF RUMANIA. MORE RIOTS IN BERLIN, The Zeppelin attacks on Paris achieved ...

Published: Monday 31 January 1916
Newspaper: Bradford Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 933 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

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... fart that there had limn a battle on the rirer Somme. Suddenly he slapped his thigh and headed his despatch 'Somme' where in France. It went through, the editor guessed. and the correspondent's amount of the battle of the Somme thrilled ...

Published: Friday 14 April 1916
Newspaper: Bradford Weekly Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 393 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LEEDS SOLDIER'S DEATH FROM FEVER,

... leaves no children. that the great now begun ehould. for histori It is suggested ‘al purposes, be described as the “ Battle of the Somme.” The General Manager of the Leeds Gas Works re- There is a marked lull in theatrical activ ity in ports that there ...

Published: Monday 03 July 1916
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 143 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LONDON LETTER

... regard it as an isclated operation. It is only a_ part, though a very important part, of a big concerted plan, The Battle of the Somme has necessarily diverted public attention from Verdun, but the position there grows interesting, and may easily become ...

Published: Tuesday 04 July 1916
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1281 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GERMAN COOLUMN CUT OFF

... prisoners. DEJECTED GERMAN PRISONERS. Paris, Tuesday. Interviewed by the ‘“Petit Parisien,” one of the wounded in the battle of the Somme says: —Orders were well given. Never were the losses so slight. There were very few dead, and the wounded fewer than ...

Published: Tuesday 04 July 1916
Newspaper: Bradford Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 261 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FURTHER FRENCH GAINS. OUR ALLIES PIERCE SECOND

... PRISONERS NOW TAKEN. The latest British and French official reports continue to record satisfactory progress in the great battle of the Somme, which began on Saturday. The Germans have launched desperate counterattacks on the new positions captured by our troops ...

Milks Still Making ‘Progress. Though the first impetuous rush of the French and British Armies, which achieved ..

... the pressure upon Verdun. The Battle of the Somme, as the great fight of Saturday and Sunday will be known to history, was no isolated event. It was part of the plan of the Allied War Council, and, just as the naval battle off Jutland had its immediate ...

Published: Tuesday 04 July 1916
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1135 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

In Other Areas

... influence of this battle of the Somme iitpon the general course the war. far that course is unchanged,, even at Verdun. There the Germans, defeated at the Thiaumont redoubt—the scene of one of the finest French achievements of the whole battle—made an attempt ...

Published: Tuesday 04 July 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 201 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BULK OF GERMAN FORCES AGAINST

... THEN. Each Village a Little Field Fortress. Paris, Wednesday. The semi-official statement leaned last night Rays: The battle of the Somme, although hindered by a violent slum today, is proceeding with brilliant success for our arms The at of French troops ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1916
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1395 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MASSED AGAINST BRITISH

... |{easdhs Why Our Progress is Not Rapid. PARIS, Wednesday. Tho semi-official statement issued last liight save : The battle of the Somme, although hindered by a violent storm to-day, is proceeding with brilliant success for our arms. The advance of tne ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Evening Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 550 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

13,500 Prisoners Captured

... Captured. PRESS ASSOCIATION WAR SPECIAL. Paris, Wednesday. The semi-official statement issued last night, Pays i‘ha Battle of the Somme, although hindered by & violent storm to-day, is prooeeding with brilliant puccess far our arms.- The advance of the ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1916
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 512 | Page: 4 | Tags: none