Doings of 5th Army - Occupation of Lille

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Accession Number RCDIG0001099
Collection number 3DRL/3376 17/3a
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 19
Object type Newspaper cutting
Physical description 27 Image/s captured
Maker Various
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

This file contains an envelope of British newspaper cuttings related to celebrations in France, particularly Lille, regarding the re-occupation by the Allies during October and November 1918. There are 19 items, with a total of 26 individual newspaper articles included in this file.
This file contains:
Newspaper cutting from The Daily Graphic titled "Advance in Belgium", 7 October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Daily Mail featuring a photograph of Birdwood, 8 October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Daily Mirror showing photograph of Birdwood, 18 October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Times titled "Sweep beyond Le Cateau", 18 October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Star titled "Victory or Vengeance?", 18 October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Times titled "British in Lille", 18 October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Times titled "Ostend, Lille and Douai", 18 October 1918
Newspaper cuttings from The Times titled "The agony of Lille", 19 October 1918 and The Daily Sketch titled "The liberation of Flanders", 18 October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Daily Sketch showing photographs from France, 19 October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Daily Graphic titled "General Birdwood, Deliverer of Lille", 19 October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Daily Graphic titled "The will to conquer", 19 October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Gentlewoman titled "General Sir William and Lady Birdwood", 26 October 1918
Newspaper cuttings from various newspapers [The Daily News titled "Gen Birdwood in Lille", 29 October 1918; The Daily Graphic titled "Ceremonial entry by our troops into Lille", 29 October 1918; The Daily Express titled "Formal Entry into Lille", 29 October 1918; The National News titled "Huns' Desperate Peace Bluff", 27 October 1918; The Tablet titled "Chronicle of the week", 26 October 1918 and The Daily Mail titled "March into Lille", 29 October 1918], October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Daily Telegraph titled "Lille's welcome to our Fifth Army", 29 October 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Bristol Times and Mirror titled "War Brevities: Mr Churchill at Lille", 30 October 1918
Newspaper cuttings from The Daily Mirror showing photographs of President Poincare entering Lille, 1 November 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Daily Sketch titled "Guard of Honour at Lille", 1 November 1918
Newspaper cutting from The Morning Post titled "The end in sight", n.d