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FULL OFFICIAL NARRATIVE OF THE - BATTLE OF THE SOMME. STORY OF THE OPERATIONS TOLD BY SIR DOUGLAS HAIG. THE

... FULL OFFICIAL NARRATIVE OF THE - BATTLE OF THE SOMME. STORY OF THE OPERATIONS TOLD BY SIR DOUGLAS HAIG. THE THREE OBJECTS OF THE CAMPAIGN ACHIEVED. LONG STEP TOWARDS THE FINAL VICTORY OF ALLIED CAUSE.” BAD WEATHER PUTS A TEMPORARY STOP TO THE CAMPAIGN ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1286 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

History’s Biggest Battle. From whatever point view it may regarded, the battle of the Somme the biggest the, ..

... History’s Biggest Battle. From whatever point view it may regarded, the battle of the Somme the biggest the, world historv. The preparations made were on a hitherto unknown. Never since time began has such a huge, concentration of men and materials of ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 563 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TUI Sprlna Comes

... green leaves On on© place great leaves even now conceal the very wherealiouts of trench pounded and captured during the battle of the Somme. ...

Published: Friday 01 December 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 128 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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

SOLDIER’S RETURN TO AN UNFAITHFUL

... September 18th. Prisoner Joined the army within few weeks of the declaration of war. and had fought at Loos and the Battle of the Somme in July and August. While in the trenches be beard of his wife’s misconduct with another man. and wrote pitiful letter ...

Roumania

... which is weighing upon the people.” Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch. A despatch from Sir Douglas Haig describing the battle of the Somme was issued yesterday, and appears in full on Pages 4 and 5. AUSTRIANS SHELL GORIZIA. SCANDINAVIA AND THE PEACE MOVE ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 326 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE ROLL OF HONOUR

... Pte. C. !D. Brown, of the Grenadier Guards, has died in France from wounds received in action. H«i took part in the battle of ths Somme, and was wounded in the head and hand on November 22nd, and died the result of septic poisoning on December 9th. Pte ...

Published: Thursday 14 December 1916
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 275 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BALFOUR

... CENSURE UPON JOFFRE. BIG GUN BATTLE ON THE SOMME. Hriti*h .Sheliimi German Line near Hcainnont. Paris. Monday. The French communique to-night says: Thera was marked artillery activity on both sides on the front north of the Somme and in the region of Douaumont ...

Published: Tuesday 05 December 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 367 | Page: 1 | 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

THE SOMME AND BURAREST

... 1916. What is known as the Battle of the Somme has run through five months of a course entirely satisfactory us and our Allies. t When it began we could not have the least expected series of such practically uninterrupted successes as we have gained. For ...

Published: Friday 01 December 1916
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 635 | Page: 2 | 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