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(Contained from previous column). has been wounded in the battle of the Sumter and is in hospital at Leicester. He

... killed in the battle of the Somme whilst attending to a wounded comrade. Aged 29 yews, he was the son of Mr. H. Roberta, headmaster of Corns Council School, Merionethshire. On the same day came news of the death in action in the same battle of Pte W. K ...

Published: Friday 28 July 1916
Newspaper: Cambrian News
County: Cardiganshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 287 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

TWO RUSSIAN STROKES

... striking victories—the capture of Erzingan n>l Pozieres and the taking of 4,000 Austrian prisoners north of Brody. Battle of the Somme: After a fight lasting three days and three nights pozieres is now entirely in our hands. The village is on the left ...

Published: Thursday 27 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1263 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

battle for high wood

... battle for high wood. OUR TROOPS GAIN IMPORTANT POSITION. GERMAN ATTACK TSITH GAS SHELLS. Battle of the Somme; The High Wood (Bois des Foureaux) has again changed hands. I**ss than week ago it was temporarily occupied our troops while the captured German ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1368 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BRITISH HOTLY ENGAGED

... BRITISH HOTLY ENGAGED. hand-to-hand fighting on the SOMME. RUSSIAN ADVANCE ON BRODY. Battle of the Somme; Our troops arc giving the enemy no rest. Following occupation of Pozieres our artillery was active throughout the night, and there were hand-to-hand ...

Published: Friday 28 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1310 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BATTLE for the ridge

... BATTLE for the ridge. four german attacks smashed by OUR GUNS. FIERCE HAND-TO- . AND FIGHTING. Battle of the Somme: Thoroughly alarmed by the British advance towards highest points of the Bapaume Plateau, the Germans have brought to this ot the front ...

Published: Wednesday 26 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1641 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WELSHMAN 28 THE WAR SHUT BBITISM ENEMY’S GREAT LOSSES ALLIES (ICOROUS OFFENSIVE Friday it Allies’ oft'en-jjve ..

... of miles 140 HUGE LOSSES Sir Haig striking instances of tlie sustained by Somme show losses of 3500 erf division 1100 to battalion whilst battalions half BATTLE OF THE SOMME on Saturday that (Itois again hands as ago temporarily occult i- while the German ...

Published: Friday 28 July 1916
Newspaper: Welshman
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 2492 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

RAIL AND COACH TOURS

... and three daughters. IN MAMETZ WOOD.—Lient, George McLean, Royal Engineers, who was with the Welsh Division in the battle of the Somme, has sent to our correspondent a German letter addressed to a German 'officer which he picked up on entering Mameta ...

Published: Friday 28 July 1916
Newspaper: Cambrian News
County: Cardiganshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 2294 | Page: 7 | Tags: none