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SIR H. RAWLINSON AND SIR H. GOUGH

... Dominion and quarter of the Empire, whether Regulars, Territorials, men of the New Armies, have borne a share in the Battle of the Somme. While have been more fortonate than others in opportunities for distinction, all have done their duty nobly. Among ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 259 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE LIGHTING HESTRICTIONB

... main objects, any one of which would, in the opinion of the Commander-in-Chief, have been sufficient itself to justify the Somme battle had been accomplished. It will be noticed that to break through the German line was not one of Sir Douglas Haig’s objectives ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 559 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

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... manifesto issued by the Gear.—Wireless Press. WESTERN FRONT. RAIDS AND ARTILLERY BATTLE ON THE SOMME. GERMAN CLAIMS AT VERDUN. [Sir DoagUs Haig's great story of the Somme Battle will found Page 6.J [British OrnciaL Report. J The following despatch was issued ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 820 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MOST VIOLENT SINCE START OF

... rest the front. The correspondent of the ** Liberie the Somme says:—“ The mutual bombardment noted in the British communique is one of the roost violent since the beginning the battle of the Somme. The cannonade has been intense, not only both banka of ...

Published: Tuesday 12 December 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1021 | Page: 4 | Tags: none