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... late Field-Marshal Earl Haig, the inside history of the Great War on the Western Front from August 1914 to the first Battle of the Somme. Sensational revelations were made. Great controversies were explained. Blunt attacks were made on several Allied leaders ...
... , more than the Germans have taken in six months before Verdun. From July 1 to Sept. 17 the Germans threw imto the battle of the Somme 67 new divisions and 17 battations, of which 34 divisions were on the British front and 33, plus 17 battalions, ou the ...
... and trained a service battalion, The King's Own, which he took to France in 1916, to subsequently take part in the Battle of the Somme. He remained in France on active service until 1917, when he was once more invalided home. He returned to France early ...
... Day addressed by General Joffre to the Somme troops and published yesterday, the “Expert Frenc! Commen- tator says: It sets forth the object and result of the French offensive. On the one hand the battle of the Somme has freed Verdun, and on the other hand ...
... rural Eng-j land was evident In these two pastoral pieces by a composer who was killed in his early thirties at the Battle of the Somme. ...
... REGIMENT OF MVALRY. THE ECHO. WEDNESDAY: JULY 5. 1916. THE WAR. BATTLE OF THE SOMME. BBITHH PROGRESS. COMPLETE POSSESSION OF. L'A BOISELLE, GOOD V/ORK BY OUR AIRMEN. BRITISH FACED BY CERMANY»B BEST TROOPS. FRENCH TAKE TWO MORE VILLAGES. PRISONERS NOW ...
... wel. will be held in Glendouran House. The cadre of the ®th Bata Easi Sarre herve of a famous incident at th first Battle of the Somme, wher: they dribbled « footbal! No M@n’s Land to the German lines, arrived at Kingston on Wednesday, and were given ...
... in- estimable value. Moreover, in the middie of all this work he lost his eldest son, who was killed in action at the battle of th Somme on July 38, 1916. His most stri! qualities weve his boldness of his genius for organisation, His charactee aud his devotion ...
... several points (says a despatch on © once more across the frent Jik , day! we 1916 which the Germans held before the battle of the Somme. The enemy apparently ix trying to make a stand here and there in and our meu the three-year-old trenches, has have ...
... of Admission: dd., 7d., lid. (including ‘fex) Chudren’s Matinee Discontinned. From 2.36 till 10.30, MONDAY NEXT: THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME.” AT PRICES. MUSIC AND SONG. Tow N HA THURSDAY NEXT AT 3. MAPAME Ls M ADAME Ke LF (The World-Famous Contralio). MISS ...
... Leicestershire Regiment in the Great War. He was commissioned in the first year of the war and was severely wounded at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He served until he went on half-pay in 1917 with the rank of captain. After leaving the Army he returned to ...
... you ever been in the war? Moylan: Yes; was at the front until was taken prisoner. Where did you win the V.C.?—At the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Alderman White: It is extraordinary. There is no record of it. V.C.'s are not given away with a pound of tea ...