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SCENE OF THE SOMME AND ANCRE ;, OFFENSIVES. '■ - . ' • « The aboira map shows the region of the Somme offensive of last autumn, and its offshoot, the Ancre push. ! Which has-been in progress for tho last three or four- months. Tho continuous black line indicates apiSroxi- : riiately the position. of the battle-front in this region when the Sonyne Offensive opened *on }st July*, 1916, and the„ . broken line the extent of* the advance duo to that offensive. The dotted line in the north shows the area, partly ' won by the British offensive and partly abandoned by the Germans, since November. ''

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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14244, 12 March 1917, Page 8

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SCENE OF THE SOMME AND ANCRE;, OFFENSIVES. '■ – . ' • « The aboira map shows the region of the Somme offensive of last autumn, and its offshoot, the Ancre push. ! Which has-been in progress for tho last three or four-months. Tho continuous black line indicates apiSroxi- : riiately the position.of the battle-front in this region when the Sonyne Offensive opened*on }st July*, 1916, and the„ . broken line the extent of* the advance duo to that offensive. The dotted line in the north shows the area, partly ' won by the British offensive and partly abandoned by the Germans, since November. '' Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14244, 12 March 1917, Page 8

SCENE OF THE SOMME AND ANCRE;, OFFENSIVES. '■ – . ' • « The aboira map shows the region of the Somme offensive of last autumn, and its offshoot, the Ancre push. ! Which has-been in progress for tho last three or four-months. Tho continuous black line indicates apiSroxi- : riiately the position.of the battle-front in this region when the Sonyne Offensive opened*on }st July*, 1916, and the„ . broken line the extent of* the advance duo to that offensive. The dotted line in the north shows the area, partly ' won by the British offensive and partly abandoned by the Germans, since November. '' Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14244, 12 March 1917, Page 8