The British are now carrying their offensive movement northward of the Ancre River. Early on Monday morning they attacked on a five-mile front extending from near Thiepval to a point north of Seres, and advanced on the average a mile. They took St. Pierre de Divion., a village on the southern side of the Anere, where the road from Thiepval crosses. On the opposite side of the Anere the British held the village of Hamel, so that ...
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Article : 45 wordsThe Marseilles correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states:—Only the hazard of fortunate circumstances, the smooth sea, the nearness of a few ...
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Article : 519 wordsTwo Greek and two Allied aeroplanes have destroyed a bridge over the Angista River (a tributary of the Struma), near Boya. A train laden with soldiers ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 15 Nov 1916, Page 5
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