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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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roceeded to theSomme, where he met General Jof?re. On Sunday, August 13, rain fell in plenty.During the preceding night we had pushedforward south of Guillomont. North-west ofBazentin-le-Petit, wo forced our way up.Munster Alley and broke into the new Germanline running duo west of High Wood on afront of between 600 and 700 yards to adepth of 500 yards, while Sir Hubert Goughon a curve approximately a mile in lengthbrought his front to within about 200 yards ofMouquet Farm. A part of the captiu-ed(ierman trenches was, however, in the nightrecovered by the enemy. Large rumibers of Gemians observed by anaeroplane to bo concentrating north of Pozi^reswere dispersed by artillery firo. North of the Somme battlefield raids worecarried out on thr. Vimy ridge, in the region of(Jalonrie and east of Armenticres. Mines worefire nil: TIMllS IIISTOKY OF TUi: WAR.
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(Official photograph. WOUNDED GERMANS AT A BRITISH ADVANCED DRESSING STATION. Souchoz. The Royal Flying Corps had on the12th sent out a squadron of 68 machines,which, with a loss of thre<, bombed airshipsheds at Brussels and Namui and railway stationsand sidings at Mans, Xamm-, and Coiu-trai. On the 14th and 15th there was little torecord. Sir Hubert Goughs troops, however,recovered nearly the whole of the trenches onthe southern face of the Thiepval salient north-west of Pozieres, abandoned on the 13th.During the night of the 14th-15th we also forcedan entry into the enemys lines near MouquetFarm. The next day, Wednesday, August 16, SirHenry Rawlinson commenced to carry out SirDouglas Haigs plan for the advance onCombles and Morval. The French, after intenseartUlery preparation, in the afternoon captured1,650 yards of German trenches north ofjMaurepas, and at certain places reached theGuillemont-Mam-epas road. To the southof ^Maiu-epas, on a front of a mile and a quarter,they push

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