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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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.V.G.,which hastily retired from the scene, and thendrove down a Fokker. Attacked by a Roland,he was equally successful, forcing it also todescend. Meanwhile a second machine putout of action anc^ther Roland. Two Fokkers,when about to attack, nearly collidefl and hadto draw off. The third of the British pilots,ut a lower altitude, also disposed of a Roland,whicli r<ll ill ti spinning nose-dive, but hisown (jngine being hit by a shot from a Fokker,he descended in a ste(^p spiral. The fourth;)ilf)t dived to his rescue, engaged the purHuer at a height of 1,000 feet, and the Fokkerwas observed to fall to the gn)un<l in (lames.Eventually all tli(^ liostilr aeroplanes werediM()rTH<id. A French pilot the snrne <laybrought down a German machine east ofIerrmnc. These successes more than eounter-balunci^d the loss of the foiu Mritish tnucliineswhich since the 10th had failed to return totheir aeiodromes. • Tfm L.V.Ci. WBM a two-MculiT liijtIaiKt, 116 THE TIMES HlSTOliY OF THE WAR.
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-^^-v.- ^•■ima.i^^ iUjficial photograph. FRENCH CAVALRY PATROLLING. At 10.55 p.m. Sir Dougla? Hag was ableto report that north of the Bazentin-Longueval.ine we had advanced 1,000 yards ; our frontnow ran from the bottom of the High Woodto Longueval, through the middle of DelvilleWood, then turned south by Waterlot Farm toa point between Trones Wood and Guillemont.Heavy fighting still continued in the northernoutskirts of Longueval and in Delville AVood General Fayolle this day had also w^on aconsiderable success north of the Somme. Tothe south of the river the French on the 20thhad not been idle. Our Allies had advancedin the preceding fighting almost up to thegates of Peronne ; they were at the bottomof the loop of the Somme. To enlarge thispocket southwards towards Chaulnes and therailway Chaulnes-Peronne was the next stepto be taken. From the western outskirts ofBarleux to Estr^s their Une ran back almost ata right-angle. Consequently the troops southof the Somme below Peronne

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