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December 1916
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KILLED IN ACTION. TWO GRANDSONS OF MR. FREDERIC ROBBINS

... &ypt, taking part in the desert operations. Thence he went to France, fig! in somel of the most dnfieuu attacks ‘in the Battle of the Somme. News has now arrived that he was killed in action on November 9th. He was 25 years of age. , ...

Published: Saturday 23 December 1916
Newspaper: Wiltshire Telegraph
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 371 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE OF VERDUN

... push” in the West, by massing thousands of troops there, and eending out vast quantities of ammunition. On guly 1 the battle of the Somme openad, and on the first day the German frout was broken on a distance of sixteen miles. Montauban and Mametz were taken ...

Published: Thursday 28 December 1916
Newspaper: Devizes and Wilts Advertiser
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 501 | Page: 2 | Tags: none