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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME SIB , DOUGLAS HAIG'S DISPATCH FOR THE ' TROOPS IN FRANCE . The Secretary of the War Office announces that arrangements are being made for an early iraue of copies of Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig ' s dispatch on the Battle of the ...

Published: Thursday 25 January 1917
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 56 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

, THEL BATTLE OF ; FLANDERS . , . WITH THE FRENCH ABMYr ; ' WONDERFUL ARTILLERY PREPARATION . [ PltOiE THE ..

... co-operating as they did on - the Sommo a year ago in what may prow to be a conflict as eventful as ¦ Battle of- tferf Somme . It is mainly a British . battle , and the battlefield is the old fighting ground between the Yser and the Lys , which so . much British ...

Published: Friday 03 August 1917
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 637 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

EVERY WOMAN

... EVERY WOMAN two kr Book, or removed •do W) rem Now INS pm n•Rh Low I. or New Official Map OF Tilt Battle of the Somme, LARUL ALL be. Nelson's World-Wide War Atlas, Book Foam. Is 6d. P. & D. LYL E, 45 HIGH STREET. The 1' V 3.. Pont 34. HARLEY. cmsr ...

Published: Thursday 22 March 1917
Newspaper: Dalkeith Advertiser
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 68 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GREAT AND COMPREHENSIVE

... other day that wo thought the capture of a few hundred yards of trench a matter for rejoicing . With the coining of the battle of the Somme the British public learned to expect the dail y gain of a French village as regularly as . the morning milk . Now such ...

Published: Tuesday 20 March 1917
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 167 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

A NEW OFFICIAL MAP

... , d tflstanc © of about 150 mile Tho map marks tho changes in the line at , at July 1 , at March 12 th , dfter the battle of the Somme , and at Apul 27 th last and as the oalo i 1 men to 3 9 r mJes , minute detail of place mimes , heights , Lo , are clearly ...

Published: Saturday 05 May 1917
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 130 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

' In proud and lorins memory oi W . CAECilix STUAST Mxofariaub , Argyll Mi Suthsrland Hishlandors , wio

... ' In proud and lorins memory oi W . CAECilix STUAST Mxofariaub , Argyll Mi Suthsrland Hishlandors , wio fell in the battle- oS the Somme , 27 th Ausnst 1916 . MOURNING . —All Degrees of Mourning Sequi . rites Promptly Supplied ; Costumes . Dresses . ^ ...

Published: Monday 27 August 1917
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 305 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE I ^^ THivYEAK OF TH *' ¦ - PP (> SPECTS IN THE WEST . ¦

... and . the Battle oE the Sorame drew to a close , the French troops participating . in the -battle had taken 43 , 000 prisoners , 77 field guns , 101 heavy guns , and hundreds of trench mortars and machine guns . The winter arrested the battle at a most ...

Published: Monday 30 July 1917
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1246 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMAN SPECIAL RESERVES

... retreat . 1 The British drum fire , it is conceded ; was so tiolent tiiat '' - - _ its * rtillerj fire daring ihe Battle of the Somme ¦ • ¦ - ¦ - ' * - * iras inagnScaat by comparison . . Tha entire front . . Ens of fiie German-positiaas was cat off ...

Published: Saturday 14 April 1917
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 300 | Page: 8 | Tags: none