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... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The following dispatch has been received by the Secretary of State for War from General Sir Haig, G.C.8., Commanding-in-Chief, the British Fotods France:— General Headquarters, 23rd December, 1916. I have the honour to submit ...
... ] , were fulfilled, and Sir Dougftse'J that any one of thcte results ,J to justify the Somme battle- but the vital and the a ...
... I dispatch on the Battle of the Somme will I be read with extraordinary interest m*h is I country. is the first offleisl natrahve not I only the greatest battle which the I British Army ever been engaged, but I of the greatest battle the world I seen. ...
... STORY OF OUR SOMME VICTORY TOLD BY SIR Ne] How the New Armies Proved Themselves. COMMANDER’S GLOWING TRIBUT HALF THE GERMAN ARMY DEFEATED. Sir Dougias Haig’s deepatch deeorihing the battle of the Somme was imued by the War Office last night. Below we ...
... the Somme, and fit into the French aecond and third lines, oaptnrin? over 200 prisoner*. According to the Aula account, only one french trench vaa penetrated. Sir Doaglaa Hata’a long despatch, pnb- Hahed tcuday, tells the the battle «f tbs Somme down ...
... enemy’s strength had been very considerably worn down. Any ono of th ese three results is in itself sufficient t oO fy the Somme battle. The atta:nment. ‘all three of them affords ample compensation for the splendid efforts of our made by ourselves and our ...
... stream flowing from tire' north the Somme just ' '' ' ' - ATTACK LAUNCHED CLIMAX GERhlfcl) : ':- ' -i ' WRAtES'l MOR0ER despatch from Sir Douglas Haig dealing with the five months' operations the Battle of the Somme was - the London Gazette last night- ...
... on the Somme, and got into the French second and third lines, cap- turing over 200: prisoners. According to the Paris account, only one French trench was penetrated. Sir Douglas Haig’s des tch, pub- lished to-day, tells the story of the battle of the ...