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The Battle of the Somme

... The Battle of the Somme. The latest reports of the British and French advance north and south of the marshy valley the Somme, though comparatively unexciting, are in every respect satisfactory. British Headquarters announce a small northward advance the ...

Published: Friday 21 July 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 488 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE ON THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE ON THE SOMME. CITY OFFICER’S TRIBUTE TO OUR INFANTRY. artillery officer, writing from the battlefield the Somme to his father at Northfield, gives a graphic description of the straggle raging on a portion of Luo British front, and pays a tribute ...

Published: Monday 24 July 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1297 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

bull street

... TRONES. • GERMANS REGAIN SOME GROUND. RAIDS IN FLANDERS. HOW THE WORCESTERS MARCHED TO BATTLE. LOfficial Photograph ciiculaled by and GensralJ AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. THE bTSmINGHAM DAILY MAIL. WEDNESDAY. JULY 12. 1916 FIRST CLASS. HOW THE GERMAN PRISONERS ...

Published: Wednesday 12 July 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 75 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

KAISER ON THE SOMME FRONT. SEVEN GERMAN GENERALS DISMISSED

... KAISER ON THE SOMME FRONT. SEVEN GERMAN GENERALS DISMISSED. Amsterdam, Monday. According to official telegram from Berlin the Kaiser is present in the battle sector the Somme, where has received reports from the Commander-inchief of the army, conversed ...

Published: Monday 17 July 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 122 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

desperate struggle

... DESPERATE STRUGGLE. “SY WE EVACUATED NORTH OF i WOOD. Parts, Saturday. wh Pty day of the battle in the Somme tht no material modification of the front. south of the Somme the the positions captured ye made two at first on the British front and on the French ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1916
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 221 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

“ Down, steadily down, I crept. To the right, to the left, far and wide—with the shriek of a damned spirit in ..

... AVIATORS PREVENT ENEMY Brittsh HeapQuaRTERS IN THE FIELD, France, 8 July (received to-day). When the history of the battle of the Somme comes to be written in its true perspective, I think it will be found that one of the most brilliant facts in this whole ...

Published: Monday 10 July 1916
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 250 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE P3CTURB HOCSTB

... programme included Clara Covardale’s Nine Dainty Dot* and Lawler Quintette, instrumental ista. official war film, the battle of the Somme, is also in the programme. At the Imperial Picture Palace, Moseley Road, Rosemary,” attractive film, Stevens, ‘was tbe ...

Published: Tuesday 25 July 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 223 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FRENCH VILLAGES RE-NAMED

... . Where did we go in? Oh. near Alhat. Our objective was Marys Court, or some such plaee. ’ (it is evident that the Battle of the Somme is going to add some fresh house- hold words lo our war vocabulary. is a veteran this * Wipers ” by time; ** Plug-street ...

Published: Wednesday 12 July 1916
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 243 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

VALUE OP MACHINE GUNS

... tha battle of the Somme, if it to be successful for the Allies, must a long and alow affair. Loos and Neuve the British did brilliantly the beginning, and then failed to hold much of the captured ground when the enemy counter-attacked. the Somme both ...

Published: Tuesday 04 July 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 278 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Wonderful Spirit

... after the attack had been launched. South of the Somme, there was no action of importance. Nevertheless, last night made some progress in the neighbourhood of Belloy and Estrees. The battle of the Somme is following regular rhythm successive methodical ...

Published: Monday 10 July 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 269 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

COMMENT OX THE SOMME

... COMMENT OX THE SOMME BATTLE. Amsterdam, J-nlj 19. the great battle on the Somme the military correspondent of the Vossische Zeitung” says the operations are still developing, and their climax has apparently not yet been reached. ‘• Consequently,” he adds ...

Published: Thursday 20 July 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 316 | Page: 8 | Tags: none