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... offensive was opened justified the Battle of the Somme, and holds that this prolonged struggle, which resulted in our capture over 38,000 prisoners, has brought nearer to the final victory. Looking back upon the battle, we may well feel proud what has been ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 502 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HEAVY rmiNG IN THE WEST

... artillery activity in the region of the Somme. A French correspondent states that the mutual t»onibardnieut reported Sir Douglas Haig Sunday night was one ef most violent since the beginning the Battle of the Somme. same correspondent also alludes the ...

Published: Tuesday 12 December 1916
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 494 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

TO-DAY'S CHIEF NEWS

... Blaikie was justified in attempting to ram the submarine. The British General Staff estimate the German losses in the battle of the Somme at 890,000. Increased separation allowances to tho wives and dtpendsnts of British soldiers are to be announced in few ...

Halitax Paily Guardian

... chatter, the Berlin ** Lokalen. | zeiger,” ome of the most reputable enemy ‘ Jjournals, informs the public that ** the battle of the Somme has ended in a complete vic|tory for German arms. Somehow or other, we had thonght otherwise. We imagined that we had ...

Published: Friday 29 December 1916
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 541 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THURSDAY NIGH I

... prisoners were brought in. making the total since the beginning of the battle over 10,003. Army Group cf the Archduke Joseph.—Near Susmezu, and in the mountains to the south-east, the battle becoming much more serious. Our airmen brought down in this border ...

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... offensive was opened justified the Battle of the Somme, and he holds that this prolonged struggle, which resulted in our capture of over 38,000 prisoners, has brought nearer to the final victory. Looking back upon the battle, may well feel proud what has been ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 625 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Bp the Wap

... touches comedy in the great tragedy of the war. The other day we were discussing with a soldier who was wounded in the Battle of the Somme the remarkable circumstance that some men had fought all through the war without getting a scratch. We expressed the ...

Published: Wednesday 27 December 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Evening Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 638 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MONEY

... the tremendous German attack on Verdun, ending in complete defeat for the enemy; the Battle of Jutland; the great Russian recovery of the summer ; the Battle of the Somme; and the German proposals for peace ; while on the debit side there are the fall of ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Evening Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 738 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

CINEMA TOPICS

... at the Scala Theatre, London, t roloased for general exhibttion on . h Ancre Thrills More Than Somme. “The Rattle of the Somme’ was thrill but “The Battle of the wonderful, 18 far more thrilling and much wonderful It brings into th ground the Tank galumphing ...

Published: Friday 29 December 1916
Newspaper: Bradford Weekly Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 722 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

HAIG'S CONFIDENCE. VICTORY PLACED BEYOND DOUBT RESULT OF SOMME SUCCESSES, THE STRUGCLE IN RUMANIA. ENEMY ..

... HAIG'S CONFIDENCE. VICTORY PLACED BEYOND DOUBT RESULT OF SOMME SUCCESSES, THE STRUGCLE IN RUMANIA. ENEMY ADVANCE ON MOLDAVIAN FRONTIER, Hindenburg's recent declaration that the Somme battle had resulted in a victory for the German arms will not deceive ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Bradford Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 820 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GE:MAN LEVIES ON FIERCE FICHTING NEZAR

... Verdun, The “L'berte’s” correspondent says the mutual bombardnent is one of the most violent since the beginning of the battle of the Somme. Sir Douglas HM.ig last night reported that on the previous night the Briiisn carried out succ:sstul raids east of Neuwvilie ...

Published: Tuesday 12 December 1916
Newspaper: Bradford Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 841 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

(By a Special Correspondent.)

... perhaps, save in the thrashings given by the Russians to the Austrians in and 1916. and on some red-letter days in the Battle of the Somme. The French superiority is not be accounted for by advantage in numbers. The French had four divisions, the Germans ...

Published: Wednesday 20 December 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 890 | Page: 6 | Tags: none