... Anderson served in the ranks in the last war and had the distinction of being commissioned in the field during the Battle of the Somme to a Regular battalion of The Gordon Highlanders. ...

... German Reserves are Disappearing. General Maurice, writing in the (Daily Chromcile,'' says that the effect of the third battle of the Som-me must to increase very materially the enemy's man-power embarrassment. The eight divisions of Von Marwitz's Army have ...

... drafts, and he- endeavouring make drafts with least, two divisions infantry and some Austrian has put into present battle north the Somme divisions, of which lea&t. t.wjoe. Some h» assault battalions storm troops have also up' for the purpose jf forming ...

... have been occupied, and the Rumanian extreme right has come in contact with the Russian extreme left. Greece. Sorame Battle. On the Somme front the chief feature is the number of German counterattacks, both against the .French and the British. Following ...

... SUMMARY. chief features of the war news toia.y are another Zeppelin air raid England and a renewal of the great battle at the Somme, which the British and French armies have achieved further important successes. (Page 5.) Last night's casualty lists contain ...

... Belgium. At St Valery Withdrawn when the Nazis broke through to the north of the Maginot Line, they were thrown into battle on the Somme to stop the Nazi spearhead. After mpre than a week of ceaseless fighting and marching and incredible bravery they were ...

... battalion was raised 1914, and served with it throughout the greatef part of the war. his Military Cross during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Lieut.-Colonel Grainger Stewart is a member of the Faculty of Advocates, and secretary of the Educational ...

... parents—Father, who died April 1® 42 Mother who died 3rd December. 1928—and two brothers —John, who was in the Battle of the Somme. 20th July 1916. and James, who Hied Bth Febfuary, 1943 length of time, no lapse years. Can dim my loved one's past; ...

... get there. Lieutenant Bousfield was received bv the his arrival in London and awa.Td>ed M.C. for his bravery in the Battle of the Somme, 1916. ...

... forces in the Azores. Air Vice-Marshal Bromet won the D.S.O. in the last war for leading his fighter squadron into the Battle of the Somme. Last year he was in Sunderland hit by flak during an attack on a U-boat. The R.A.F. squadron in tHe Azores flew there ...

... tramcar at Edinburgh just over twenty-two years ago. My father, a captain in a Scottish regiment, had been killed in the battle of the Somme. he said. My mother. in deep mourning, was in a tramcar with myself and a younger brother. At one stop an Admiral ...

... Manschal Street, to whom has Leen forwarded parchment. earned the lad for gallant conduct and devotion to duty during the battle of uhe Somme on Ist July. Sapper John M'lntosh, Canadians, who was killed in action the bursting of shell on 2nd August, was a son ...