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BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME THE . CAPTURE OF HILL 97 . BRILLIANT FRENCH ATTACK ( To-day ' s Times Telegram , per the Peess Association . ] ( Copyright . ) Paws , Tuesday . The French , since their capture of Hill 97 , southeast of Biaches , aroonly a ...

Published: Wednesday 12 July 1916
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 131 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Without the incessant tattering or tne enemy by overwhelming bombardment the Snal objective of the Allies ..

... sign that this is a mistaken estimate . There is good authority for believing that Verdun iells the same story as the battle of the Somme . Though a sli ght advance has been made b y the Germans since the July oSensive b y the Allies began , there is no ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1916
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1118 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE MIDLOTHIAN JOURNAL. FRIDAY

... SINGING HEARTS. There is something strangely inhuman in the aspect of a battle watched from the edge of its furnace fires (says Philip Gibbs in describing the battle at the Somme), or even as I stood watching it within the crescent of our guns. Batfraliono ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1916
Newspaper: Mid-Lothian Journal
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 271 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE MLLITAHY SITUATION

... THE MLLITAHY SITUATION RUSSIA AND ITALY—NATURE OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME . [ From Our Militaby Correspondent . ] It has been agreed on all hands that the Germans fully expected our attack in Picardy , and were therefore very well prepared to meet us ...

Published: Saturday 15 July 1916
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1583 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

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... 1114 . ( p . IO . ) Oca military correspondent discusses the results of tbe fighting of BVussi 3 and Italy , and the battle of the Somme . ( p . 6 . ) Ths representative of the British Press sits the Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia describes the difficulties ...

Published: Saturday 15 July 1916
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 684 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE SOGTSmOT

... : men ^ -dead 593 , - wounded and musing 1 S 32 . ( p . 9 . ) Ax account is given of the French , operations in the Battle of the Somme . ( p . 7 . ) It is ofEcially announced thai representatives of the Allied Governments held conferences in London oa ...

Published: Monday 17 July 1916
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 973 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Severe figlting continues on'tle British front north , of the Somme ,. especially in Belville Wood and ..

... men a Bavarian regiment suffered 3000 casualties . This was in the fighting at Montauban on 1 st July . ' While the Battle of the Somme absorbs attention , the troops on the remainder of our 90 mile front are far from inactive . South of Armentieres on ...

Published: Friday 21 July 1916
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 648 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PROPOSED PURCHASE OF TOWN HA.LLI

... Adamson asked if a show of hands rades who gave their lives for us in the Ikould not be taken as to whether plebis- battle of the Somme, and the number of hi s cite should be taken. grave is 3474. Bailie Shanks thought there wall too email as attendance ...

Published: Friday 21 July 1916
Newspaper: West Lothian Courier
County: West Lothian, Scotland
Type: | Words: 3891 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BRITISH AND FRENCH GAINS

... BRITISH AND FRENCH GAINS. The British and French since the battle of the Somme opened on July 1 until the beginning tho proeent week were follows: Villages taken, 22; prisoners, 22,000 —10,000 by British, 12.000 by French 106; machine guns, .several hundred ...

Published: Friday 21 July 1916
Newspaper: Linlithgowshire Gazette
County: West Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 314 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THS SCGTSMH . EDINBURGH . Satubdat . July 22 , 1916 . Srs . | Moo * ( Last Qr

... men— -dead 252 . wounded and missing 2029 . ( P-9 . ) Ora military correspondent discusses Russia E 2-1 Turkev and the Battle of the Somme . . ' _ ' ( P-7- ) The Queen and Queen Alexandra have each sent £ 250 to the Kitchener National Memorial Fund , which ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1916
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 643 | Page: 6 | Tags: none