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... be Great Hnglo-frencb Offensive: Che Battle Area. .v/ S THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME : WHERE BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS HAVE ADVANCED. The battle that is still raging north and south of the River Somme began, it will be remembered, on July i with ...

THE big push has not been accomplished without a big price. A heavy toll has been paid. Mr. J. H. Hewitt, of ..

... the Ulster Volunteer Force before the war. One fell at Festubcrt in June last year the other two were killed in the Battle of the Somme on July I. They were great athletes, playing for the North of Ireland Rugby Football Club. Dr. Sawers Scott, of Withington ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1916
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 444 | Page: 28 | Tags: Photographs 

THE big push has not been accomplished without a big price. A heavy toll has been paid. Mr. J. H. Hewitt, of ..

... the Ulster Volunteer Force before the war. One fell at Festubcrt in June last year the other two were killed in the Battle of the Somme on July I. They were great athletes, playing for the North of Ireland Rugby Football Club. Dr. Sawers Scott, of Withington ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1916
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 444 | Page: 28 | Tags: Photographs 

BRITISH CLING TO

... Positions Retaken Hand-to- Hand Fighting, Paris, Saturday.—The2lst day of the battle in the Somme district brought material modification the whole* of’ the front north and south the Somme. The French organised the positions captured on Thursday, The enemy only ...

Published: Sunday 23 July 1916
Newspaper: The People
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 239 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ENEMY BEATEN BACK

... shells in the battle area. Elsewhere on British front incident of importance has occurred in the last forty-eight hours. FRENCH OFFICIAL. The French official despatch this afternoon contains the following reference to the battle of the Somme. PARIS, Thursday ...

Published: Thursday 27 July 1916
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 275 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

PERIOD CI CALM

... PERIOD CI CALM. SIXTH MONTH OF BATTLE OF VERDUN. SOMME OPERATIONS. THE TACTICS OF A PRUDENT ADVANCE. Paris, Saturday. Reviewing yesterday's fighting, an expert French commentator says : The Germans, as was to be expected, counterattacked on Thursday et ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1916
Newspaper: Westminster Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 419 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE WINDMILL. Important Point in Our Hands Near Pozieres

... from the Ypres neighbourhood for this battle. In my dispatch of yesterday I sug§ested that the capture of Paz teres, when complete, would logically be regarded as concluding the second phase o, the Battle of the Somme. We are now well established on the ...

Published: Friday 28 July 1916
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 443 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Heavy Fighting on the Somme

... Heavy Fighting on the Somme. The battle of the Somme is now raging, on the I British front, with a violence which evidently exceeds all the previous stages of the fighting. The principal conflicts extend from Posieres, which is north of Contalmaken, to ...

Published: Monday 24 July 1916
Newspaper: Evening Mail
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1045 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HIDING THE TRUTH FROM GERMANY. MISLEADING REPORTS OF SOMME BATTLE

... HIDING THE TRUTH FROM GERMANY. MISLEADING REPORTS OF SOMME BATTLE. It has been found necessary by both the British and French military authorities, on more occasions than can easily be remembered, to correct the deliberate misstatements and expose the ...

Published: Friday 28 July 1916
Newspaper: Evening Mail
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 566 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

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... Lieutenant David Fairweather Don. Sherwood Foresters, was killed in action on lit in France in the opening assault of the Battle of the Somme. He was 22 years of age, the youngest son of Surgeon- General W. G. Don, and only child of Mrs. Don. of 52 Canfield-gardens ...

Published: Thursday 27 July 1916
Newspaper: Hampstead News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 571 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WHAT THE CAPTURE OF POZIERES MEANS

... PROVE DECISIVE. (By Oar Military Correspondent.) The capture of Pozieres is one of the most significant events in the battle of the Somme, and may prove decisi‘e. Toth Poziere.s and Longueval command main roads converging upon Bapaume, and the Foureaux Wend ...

Published: Thursday 27 July 1916
Newspaper: Westminster Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 653 | Page: 4 | Tags: none