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... Territorials. r capture of Pozteres, July 23-26, 1916, was one of the most interesting and hard- fought incidents of the Battle of the Somme. Pozleres, after the loss of the first G^man defensive zone early In July, became the principal point of the new system ...
... of the fighting in which the Worcestershires and Wiltshires took part is from Mr. H. Perry Robinson's account of the Battle of the Somme, entitled The Turning Point (Heinemann). The fighting was then towards Thiepval:-- The ground was so torn and battered ...
... Corps in the spring of 1916. Up the High Street of Flers On September 15, 1916, tanks had their baptism of fire in the battle of the Somme, and the record of their christening was well illustrated by the British aviator who sent the message back to General ...
... A Vivid Story of the Somme A ttack, by Edward Liveing (Heinemann). This small book appeared originally in the form of an article in Blackwood' s Magazine. It tells the story of the opening day of the great battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916, as it was ...
... Africans sailed from Egypt on April 12, reached Marseilles on April 27, and on July 14 (1916) were thrown into the battle of the Somme. How They Held Delville Wood The brigade formed part of the famous 9th Division the two other brigades of the division ...
... fought in every battle and on every front. It is a pity that the reticence imposed by military necessity should so often have concealed the great deeds of these troops. At the end of Sir Douglas Haig's despatch on the Battle of the Somme in 1916 there is ...
... Irish divisions landed in France, the Ulster division arriving a short time before the other. On the first day of the battle of the Somme, July 1, the Ulstermen got a chance of showing their worth, and well they proved it, around Thiepval. The 16th Division ...
... 21-November 17 First Battle of Ypres Allied victory February- March Austrian offensive to relieve Przemysl repulsed March Battle of Ncuve Chapelle A March Russians take Przemysl. Offen- April Battle of St. Mihiel -i /Second Battle of Ypres ■Jt/ sive across ...
... 'pres. Sir Douglas Haig has led his troops through the hard fighting of the last two-and-a-half years, through the battles of the Somme up to the great forward attacks which clinched le final victory, the hammer blows which Marshal Foch declared were ...
... eyewitness of the bloody scenes that preceded the present chaos. ||j PHILIP GIBBS III ON THE WAR IN FLANDERS I. THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME II. FROM BAPAUME TO PASSCHENDAELE Just Published, 1016 net III. OPEN WARFARE FROM THE TAKING OF PASSCHENDAELE TO THE ...
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