... made by a British signalling officer of American birth, has just come into our hands at the moment when the battle is once more raging on the Somme. It shows the ground held by the Germans up to 7.30 a.m. on July 1, 1916, when our advance began. From south ...

... period two years ago in the first battle of the Somme. In the north Hindenburg's old line of defence has been crossed. Farther south the New Zealanders in the Bapaume area and Australian and British troops each side of the Somme have made great progress. The ...