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... him last, said Mr. Churchill. And they are likely, until Time itself proves their No battles of, the Somme. no pounding cannon. S u bmarines, but no naval battles. course. , C i lely, Ulll,ll 1 on swallowing n folly, -le will go The crocodile To great ...
... command of a division, and by the age of 27 had risen to the rank of brigadiergeneral. His V.C. was won during the battle of the Somme in November, 1916, when it was largely due to his heroism that the German line was broken. Freyberg, then in command ...
... figures corresponding to 32 field-kitchens. This booty compares not unfavourably with that obtained after those of the battle of the Somme —the Soviet had taken various advance Finnish the Finnish victory at Suomusalmi in early January, when the Soviet 44th ...
... durina the Ureut War 1214—18. Commiseioneu on officer in the Army Ordnance Corps in 1918, be eerved ia trance from the Battle of the Somme till the end of the war in command of various ordnance mobile engineering workshops. was awarded the Military for gallant ...
... Brixton, S.W. His 26-yearsold sister. Joan, married Arthur Hubbard of Herne Hill. while Somme, who was born in September 1916 and named after the battle of the Somme, in which her father fought, married 24-years-old William Storer, of Mayall-road, Brixton ...
... Miss Somme Coomber was married to Mr. William Storer of Brixton. They were to have been married at Christmas but put off their wedding so that it would take place at the same time as Somme's sister Joan was married As her name denotes Miss Somme was born ...
... lines. It became independent corps after the war. Tanks were employed for the first time on the Western Front in the battle of the Somme in 1916. The Royal Army Ordnance Corps is of very long standing and responsible for the armament equipment and ordnance ...
... Wednesday. rE war of position is at an end, for the moment at least. A new war of movement which recalls the second battle of the Somme, 1918, began this morning when the Nazi command launched a gigantic attack with dozens of mechanised divisions on 70 ...
... superior. I have every reason to remember a very young Flight-Lieutenant who, towards the end of 1916, came home from the Battle of the Somme, and on leaving hospital was taken to a farce at the Criterion. He was nervous and irritable at the time, and for the ...
... chairman of British T,nken Ltd., at the annual meeting of the Company in Birmingham yesterday. When Things Were Worse The Battle of the Somme lasted from July 1 to November 30, 1916. British casualties were 108,724 killed. 393,431 wounded; 45,899 missing and ...
... are fighting, and more will be sent. Throughout the battle the R.A.F. will spare no effort to hamper the attack and disorganise the enemy's rear. The eyes of the world are upon the new battle of the Somme—not least, the eyes of America. Each day takes the ...
... en, as well as station at Mannheim. Important fires were seen during these expeditions. AFTER the first day of the battle of the Somme the general situation for the French was favourable, a military spokesman said last night in Paris. German tanks had ...