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Post Office Telegraphs: Official war news

Official war news detailing British, French and Russian advances on 30th July 1916. The British forces are reported to have repulsed enemy attempts to recapture Delville Wood, and progress north of Poziers and near High Wood with extreme enemy losses. The French sucessfully defend the Somme, West Vermand-Ovillers and Verdun, whilst the Russians won an important victory, moving the enemy front from Kovel Railway to Brody (Ukraine)

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10470771
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47985309
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3453px x 4231px (1.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans/Robert Hunt Collection
Source
Transcribed telegraph message, 30th July 1916 from the Robert Hunt Library collection
Date
30th July 1916

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Advances Brody Delville Kovel Ovillers Somme Telegraphs Verdun


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