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... of the new book, ‘‘ The Old Front Line,” refers to the British positions as they were before the begin. ning of the Battles of the Somme. ...

Published: Saturday 01 December 1917
Newspaper: Bookseller
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 276 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI

... such lavish disregard of life. Indeed, since the battle of the Somme began over sixteen months ago the Germans may be said to have acted entirely on the defensive, and in every part of the line from the Somme to the Ypres salient they have boat the commanding ...

Published: Tuesday 04 December 1917
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 859 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TRUTH

... He,inemann will have ready on the 10th inst ant. The title refers to the British positions as they were before the battle of the Somme. To the multitude of readers of The First Hundred Thousand a new war book from the pen of lan Hay (Captain lan ...

Published: Wednesday 05 December 1917
Newspaper: Truth
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 684 | Page: 38 | Tags: none

Ala 191%.131

... ixttend erkt.rt 6 .1 4 / 1 1. . T I IIIII O.4O I3E 44ItrA RMAN AIR ; ewoom DiOTAT tw. o l4o. lt. 5.,44r. ' • When the Battle of the Somme had spent itself in the mud and mist, the Germans, .realising how nerrotrly the/ had escaped decisive defeat, held a ...

Published: Wednesday 05 December 1917
Newspaper: London and China Express
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2615 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

INDIAN NOTES AND NEWS

... while on the 4tb there was official war films, Britain Prepared, The Battle of the Somme, put on for a week Chifionette, a four-part drama, dePieti2 the and 'The Battle of the Ancre, Mr. Maurice E. Bandman, who bad life-story of a beautiful f ...

Published: Thursday 06 December 1917
Newspaper: Kinematograph Weekly
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 631 | Page: 91 | Tags: none

SECOND-LIEUTENANT J. Regiment

... going through his course of instruction was promoted lancecorporal. He then went to France, where he took part in the Battle of the Somme. In November, 1916, he obtained his commission, and was gazetted to his own old regiment. During his training he proved ...

Published: Saturday 08 December 1917
Newspaper: Gentlewoman
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 98 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

LIBERATION OF HOLY CITY. BRITISH ACADEMY'S MESSAGE TO GENERAL ALLENBY

... Military Medal t o s er vant, Eagle, of the Worcester., now attached to a local battalion, for gallantry dtuing the battle of the Somme. Sergeant Eagle had the added for further gallantry in March, 1917. He stayed behind in the German front line trenches ...

Published: Friday 14 December 1917
Newspaper: Evening Mail
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 575 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HISTORIC BATTLEFIELD RELICS

... HISTORIC BATTLEFIELD RELICS. The table on which Sir Douglas Haig planned the battle of the Somme, guns of all kinds and sizes, British and German trench signs, scale relief maps and a host of other interesting battlefield relics will be shown at the first ...

Published: Friday 14 December 1917
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 84 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WAR EXHIBITION

... before, will include a number of very interesting. naval exhibits, the table on which Sir Douglas Haig planned the battle of the Somme, guns of all kinds and sizes, British and German trench signs, and a number of large-scale relief maps and other things ...

Published: Saturday 15 December 1917
Newspaper: Westminster Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 694 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

JOURNAL OF THE UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION

... October number of this periodical is only now to hand; it contains a very clear and eminently instructive article on the Battle of the Somme, by Captain A. V. Gompertz, R.E., in which he has succeeded in being brief without sacrifice of any important features ...

Published: Saturday 15 December 1917
Newspaper: Army and Navy Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 624 | Page: 3 | Tags: none