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THE SOMME BATTLE

... THE SOMME BATTLE. Is the concluding part of a despatch devoted almost exclusively to the Somme battle, Sir Douglas Haig says the enemy's power has not yet been broken, nor is it yet possible to form an estimate of the time the war may last before the ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1141 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

EDITORIAL TELEPHONE NC OUR LONDON LETTER

... the war. Von Moltke was the first, but he did not last long. WAR FILMS, The picture of the cinema theatres is the Battle of the Somme. More than 100 theatres are at present showing the film. and it is now be_ing booked up to the end of November. In ...

Published: Thursday 31 August 1916
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1297 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WAR ON LAND AND IN THE AIR

... destruction of the German forces than the capture of any particular town, it follows that from this point oif view the battle of the Somme has already produced magnificent results. Taken all round, the losses in this war have been enormous. A Society in ...

Published: Monday 25 September 1916
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1260 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Why the emigrant won't come home

... very privileged to be invited to attend the first official Commemoration Ceremony for all Irishmen who died in the battle of the Somme and throughout the First World War. It was altogether a very moving and unifying occasion which embraced all traditions ...

Published: Friday 07 July 2006
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1116 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

LCOPYRIONTa

... all our efforts since the beginning of the great offensive on the Somme, had at last fallen also. This dual success crowned one of the most brilliant operations since the battle of the Somme started. Comfiks has, for a fortnight or more, been the immediate ...

Published: Saturday 30 September 1916
Newspaper: Drogheda Independent
County: Louth, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1363 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

12.15 AN AIMSIR

... VAMPIRE SLAYER. Principal Wood makes a confession. 786289 7.30 TIME FLYERS. The Sheffield City Battalion's part in the Battle of the Somme. 95 8.00 DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD. Dramatisation of Hitler's final days, based on the accounts of his secretary Traudl ...

Published: Saturday 29 November 2003
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1188 | Page: 99 | Tags: none

for the first I

... deaths. July 1, 1916. The same date repeated again and again on the white headstones, July 1, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. As if the world had ended on that one day. That is what is so compelling about the First World War the heart-rending ...

Published: Saturday 08 November 2003
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1484 | Page: 33 | Tags: none

DUBLIN AND DISTRICT

... Kirk, Mrs. Durham Matthews, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Steele, Mrs. Gen. Webb. and Mrs. Gerald Webb. A Striking Picture.—The battle of the Somme, which is to be filmed at the Theatre Royal commencing Monday, is understood to he a most vivid and striking picture ...

Published: Thursday 07 September 1916
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1352 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CSI: MAIM RTE Two, 9.30 pm

... 00 The Last Tommy. The story of Britain's last surviving World War One veterans concludes with reminiscences of the Battle of the Somme. One former soldier also makes a pilgrimage back to the Western Front. 5912 10.00 BBC News at Ten. 54349 10.30 Regional ...

Published: Saturday 12 November 2005
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1323 | Page: 119 | Tags: none

11 \ 1 ‘1 kl

... more than two million volunteers, many of whom were sent to the scene of the country's greatest wartime endeavour the Battle of the Somme. 864351 BBC PROMS 2003. See Best of the Rest. 72927239 THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL. Conclusion. Helen and her son Arthur ...

Published: Saturday 16 August 2003
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1415 | Page: 66 | Tags: none

tmmwßiisiammo

... 20 The Trench 436222 (1999, War) Paul Nicholls and Daniel Craig. Evoking the tedium of trench life on the eve of the Battle of the Somme. .55 Close :Oil iiii — Leaming Zone: Key Skills: The Contenders 74116 - 3.00 Curriculum Development: Teaching Secondary ...

Published: Thursday 30 October 2003
Newspaper: Wicklow People
County: Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1580 | Page: 65 | Tags: none

The sun rises over wild poppies growing on the edge of the Somme battlefield, in France, today is the 90th ..

... been shaped by war. The country's power in the world was spread by battle, and sustained and extended by the use of war or the threat of war. They remained so long after the Somme. The Somme changed nothing except tactics and strategy. Out of this there grew ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 2006
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2289 | Page: 15 | Tags: none