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BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. STOP PRESS NEWS The Times says: The Battle of the Somme has not slackened, but its character has undergone temporary modification. Just now the conflicts are more Wte tjrust that when the story of the battle can be told ...

Published: Monday 31 July 1916
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 111 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE (W THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE (W THE SOMME. 13141TISIt OFFICIM. REPORT. Trim follow-4,1 de.pateh received yeeierday (Friday) from the Itritieh General He:mistimeterA in Feiner:— After ,avere fighting our troops have driten the sth Brandenburg Pividion f the remaining no ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1916
Newspaper: Strathearn Herald
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 161 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. GERMANS NOT DEMORALIZED

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. GERMANS NOT DEMORALIZED. Paris, 24 July. From the number of prisoners captured up to now in the Battle of the Somme, and the reports of combatants and eye-witnesses, some people have deduced that the German soldiers are commencing ...

BATTLE OF THE SOMME. MORE BRITISH SUCCESSES

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. MORE BRITISH SUCCESSES. GERMANS SWEPT OUT OF LONCUEVAL. AT CLOSE CRIPS NEAR POZIERES. [British Ofllcial.] Headquarters, France, Friday, 10.15 p.m. Continuing their successes yesterday our troops liave captured tho enemy stronßholds ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1916
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: | Words: 516 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ENDURANCE, UNITY AND VICTORY The great and terrible battle of the Somme is bringing us within sight of victory. ..

... ENDURANCE, UNITY AND VICTORY The great and terrible battle of the Somme is bringing us within sight of victory. Whether the end will come suddenly, or whether the enemy will be able to sustoin the conflict until next, year no man can say with certainty; ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1916
Newspaper: Surrey Advertiser
County: Surrey, England
Type: | Words: 133 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DROGHEDA SOLDIERS KILLED AT THE

... Pitcher Hill, of the Royal Irish Regiment. He was the only son of Mrs Brannigan, and died from wounds as a result of the battle at the Somme. He was a well known athlete, and was a prominent and promising member of the old Independent Football Club. To the ...

=l &K FOR GALLANTRY

... action of July let, the commencement of the battle of the Somme in —— sector.” This is signed by the Major of the Wi talion. The certificate is ornamented by the crest and badge of this famous regiment, and the battle honours previously won. It 1s not an official ...

Published: Monday 31 July 1916
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 134 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE RUSSIAN AVALANCHE

... dratroyed—a port which, the Pja»> Bureau aaja, i» marked the uaual ii jinx'eosr* b«.*n ihxieai of Lu;sk, over the THE BATTLE ON THE SOMME FRONT. Fierce Encounter* by Qermnns Repnlaed. ...

Published: Monday 31 July 1916
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

RUSSIAN CONQUEST OF ARMENIA

... recent telegrams, is a Mery important one, and its capture by the British is one of th© outstanding incident} of the Battle of the Somme. The village stunds on the summit of small plateau, and is a vantage point for artillery fire on neighbou ring positions ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1916
Newspaper: Hamilton Advertiser
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 201 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE WAR SITUATIOH

... THE WAR SITUATIOH. Tlie “Times” says: The battle of the Somme has not slackened, but its character has undergone temporary modification. Just now the conflicts are more localised. trust that when the etory bottle can told more explicitly the work of some ...

GERMAN FEELERS

... Special. 24 SQUARE MILES GAINED The capture of Pozieres may logically be regarded as concluding the second phase of the Battle of the Somme (says the ‘•Tim**:” correspondent at the British Headquarters). We are now well established on the line to which our ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1916
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 239 | Page: 6 | Tags: none