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Enemy Airmen’s Funk

... night. it is suggested that the great struggle now begun should for historical purposes be described as ■' the battle of the Somme.” FROM THE BATTLE. long trainload of wounded arrived m London from France late last night. London’s reserve was completely broken ...

Published: Monday 03 July 1916
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 345 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

f. THK EVENING NEWS. T

... e.—P.A. War Special. TOLD BY MOUNDED. Paris, Tuesday Interviewed by the ““Petit Parisien,’’ on? the wounded in the battle of the Somme says; The heavy artillery pulverised German trench shelters, and it seemed at limes that the German guns were not of ...

Published: Tuesday 04 July 1916
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 956 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TO-DAY’S BATTLE DESPATCHES

... TO-DAY’S BATTLE DESPATCHES. FRANCE AND BELGIUM. TO-DAY’S OFFICIAL. BRITISH FROM 1 . HEAVY NIGHT ATTACKS. ENEMY FOILED WITH HEAVY LOSSES. FRESH PROGRESS MADE. (FRENCH.) SOUTH THE SOMME. OUR POSITIONS EXTENDED. Eneniy Again Capture Thiaumont. Paris, Tuesday ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1916
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 694 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

(GERMAN.) SOME ADMISSIONS

... coast the Ancre artillery activity temporarily increased; otherwise there is change. Between the Ancre and the Somme and to the south of the Somme fighting is proceeding. Slight progress the British near Thiepval was neutralised our counter-attack. Further ...

Published: Friday 07 July 1916
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1483 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

RUSSO JAPANESE ALLIANCE

... contrary international law against neutral firms having commercial relations with Germany.— P.A. War Special. During the battle of too Somme a North Count ryman who has just been invalided home fired point-blank at a German charge machine-gun. but the man still ...

Published: Saturday 08 July 1916
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 248 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GRAPHIC BRITISH BATTLE STORY

... resumption of the offensive the British from Thiepval to the point where they iink with the French forces. Before i'’o Battle of the Somme can pursue its victorious course it is important that our advance, which was slower in the British sector and speedier ...

Published: Saturday 08 July 1916
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1331 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TO IMMELMANN'S MEMORY

... correspondent at British Headquarters in the Field. France, writee in a despetch dated Saturday When the history of the Battle of the Somme comes to he written in Am true peispeetive, I think it will be found that one of the most brilliant forte in this whole ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1916
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1268 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

OBJECT OF BRITISH ADVANCE

... vat the offensive by the British from Thiepial to the point where they link up with the French forces. Before the Battle of the Somme can pursue its •ictoriona course it is important that onr advance. which Iris slower in the British sector sad ieedicr ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1916
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 468 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE SITUATION

... THE SITUATION. MILITARY AND POLITICAL. The war news of the week has been uniformly good front all the battle front& The struggle on the Somme forms one of the peateat and vest bettila in history. and it Ito exaggerition to my that on the result of it ...

Published: Saturday 15 July 1916
Newspaper: Hampshire Independent
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 939 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. HEARD 130 MILES AWAY

... there need be no surprise that people in different parts of the country have been hearing the echo of the volcanic battles on the Somme. But probably it is the motion of sound waves, rather than the hearing ol 'seise, which has disturbed our bird life ...

Published: Wednesday 26 July 1916
Newspaper: Hants and Sussex News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 126 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

OL'R FURIOUS GUKNERV

... of the Daily News at Rotterdam wires under Sunday's date aw follows: From the point of view of German resistance the battle of the Somme haa reached a most critical phase, for there ground for the belief that unless within a very short period, they deliberately ...

Published: Monday 31 July 1916
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1593 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

OUR NEW ADVANCE

... Dsit! News at Rotterdam wired under Sunday's. date ae follows: From the point of view of German re• sistance the battle of the Somme has reached a most critical phase, for there ta ground for the belief that unless within a very short period they d ...

Published: Friday 04 August 1916
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 844 | Page: 7 | Tags: none