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FRANCO BRITISH OFFENSIVE

... if you regard it as an isolated operation. It is only part, though 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: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 363 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GERMANS ATTEMPT TO RECAPTURE LOST POSITIONS

... LOST POSITIONS. ENEMY FORCES HURLED AT BRITISH. STRONG ATTACKS AT THIEPVAL. HEAVY NIGHT FIGHTING ON THE ANGRE AND SOMME. battle of the Somme is proceeding with brilliant success for the Allied arms. advance the French troops is continuing, while the British ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1916
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 361 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

EDINBURGH , Wednesday , July 5 , 1916 . Bu 5 . Moos ( 1 st Qr . '

... great value . . ( P ~) Oca military correspondent discusses tie opening phases of the Battle of -the Somme . ' ( P- 6- ) Bra Johs Jsllicoe ' s dispatch on the Battle of Jutland is , we understand , to bo issued in time for publication in the moraine ¦ ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1916
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 659 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE FIGHT

... THE FIGHT The commanding officer the battalion that fought in France in the autumn 1911 and who was wounded the battle of the Somme last Saturday gives a graphic story of the fight. My battalion went in with 23 officers, said. No, not at 7.30 in the ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1916
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 399 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FLUCTUATING FIGHTING IN GREAT BATTLE

... FLUCTUATING FIGHTING IN GREAT BATTLE. DETERMINED COUNTER-ATTACKS BY THE ENEMY. MORE GAINS OF TERRITORY AND PRISONERS BY BRITISH. BRILLIANT PROGRESS OF FRENCH Battle of the Somme. ° The British official communiques show that there was severe fighting yesterday ...

Published: Tuesday 04 July 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 457 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

SMASHING GERMAN THIRD AND FOURTH LINES

... THIRD AND FOURTH LINES. BRITISH BIG GUNS AT WORK. desperate fighting the banks OF THE DNEISTER. first stage of the battle of the Somme has come to an end after continuing uninterruptedly for five days. halt the Allies' advance, which was foreseen, has ...

Published: Friday 07 July 1916
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 431 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CONVIGTIONS FOR DRUNKENNESS AT CARLISLE . ¦

... only 3 . THE BATTLE OF THE SOMfflE The Battle of the Somme continues toi go in favour of the Allies , who have gained more ground and captured more prisoners . Dispatches from British Headquarters yesterday afternoon stated ^ that the battle south of the ...

Published: Tuesday 04 July 1916
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 633 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE TAKING OF MAMETZ

... been magnificent. it suggested that the great struggle now begun should, for historical purposes, described as the ** Battle of the Somme.** ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1916
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 471 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

OUR PRISONERS NOW EXCEED 6000. WHOLE GERMAN 2nd LINE SOUTH OF SOMME CAPTURED. NOTABLE SUCCESSES BY RUSSTANS. ..

... OUR PRISONERS NOW EXCEED 6000. WHOLE GERMAN 2nd LINE SOUTH OF SOMME CAPTURED. NOTABLE SUCCESSES BY RUSSTANS. Battle of the Somme. During Tuesday night there was heavy fighting on the British front, and at certain points cur troops made pro- gress. In ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 508 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

NAVY'S GLORIOUS WORK IN NORTH SEA BATTLE

... close quarters with our battle squadrons, and that what was a great British victory would have been a decisive triumph but for the misty weather and the falling darkness, which permitted the enemy to escape to port. Battle of the Somme. During Wednesday night ...

Published: Friday 07 July 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 484 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

SUMMARY

... The Germans are offering stubborn re- sistance in the Battle of the Somme, but the Allies continue to make further gress. Several villages and hostile works have been captured, and the number of prisoners in the Allies’ hands is now 12,500. On the Russian ...

Published: Tuesday 04 July 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 448 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HE SOMME SITUATION. HEAVY SHOUK Of BDH HUES

... E SOMME SITUATION. TEAVY SHE @ HUN INES Se statement imued last night, ‘The first stage of the Battle of the Somme ~ome te an end, after continuing uninter- for fre brought no in the of the Allies, In the as sector the mathedicn]) of bees bas ‘Tedeni ...

Published: Friday 07 July 1916
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 406 | Page: 5 | Tags: none