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GROUND WON BACK. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Heavy Fighting in Progress. Another German Attack Dispersed

... the German official reports of the Somme battle that this is the first mention made by them of these positions ever having been lost. Sir Douglas Huig’s report, issued last ‘night, was as follows:— ~ North of the Somme heavy fighti is el : ¥ ting still ...

Published: Thursday 20 July 1916
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 353 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ANOTHER MILITARY FUNERAL IN LEEDS

... Middleton, 14, Rosebank View, Westfield Road, Burley, Leeds, who succumbed in Edin- burgh to wounds received in the battle of the Somme, Private Middleton, who was 33 years of age, and a married man with one child, was wounded so severely in the right ...

Published: Thursday 20 July 1916
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 706 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Problem of the Boy

... elementary schools and had gained nothing in the way of strength of body, width of mind, or power of character. \et the battle of the Somme was reminding ua of the splendid material these boy# could be if they could receive, though only for a short time, an ...

Published: Thursday 20 July 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 855 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

PROCRESS AT VERDUN

... issued this afternoon by tbe Press Bureau : On both shies of the Somme our infantry this morning attacked the German positions, and realised marked advantages. To the north of the Somme captured the enemy trenches, from the Mamelon d'Hardecourt far the ...

Published: Thursday 20 July 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Evening Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 937 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CLEVER BOYS AND GIRLS

... educational opportunity. Those boys of 16 lost most of what they had been taught in the elementary schools, and vet the battle of the Somme had re minded what splendid material had to deal with. The question was the besi way of train.ng the mind., lx>dy, and ...

I NITEU I’NDRR THE TRirOLOUrt

... I NITEU I’NDRR THE TRirOLOUrt. The Due Rolicn, who died the other day received in the battle of the Somme,he. longed to one of the most ancient French families. descending from those Dukes Brittany who represented tls> French Cliamiiet* romantic district ...

Published: Thursday 20 July 1916
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Examiner
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 95 | Page: 2 | Tags: none