... WAR CORRESPONDENTS’ CAMP, Headquarters, Eranee Saturday. 54pm. The defeat of the German army in the battle ef the Somme has progressed more rapidly during the past week than at any other corre- sponding period since the big offensive began. Notwithstanding ...

... the 18th the weather brought all to a standstill and the longest battle that had been fought in the world's history was over. There are still those who argue that the Battle of the Somme should never have been fought and that the gains were not commensurate ...

... Festubert to the battle of the Somme forms the subject of Vol. 11. of Canada in Flanders, by Lord Beaverbrook (Sir Max Aitken), which is, I hear, to be published immediately. The author of the hest description of the second battle of - Ypres, which ...

... THE * TANKS.’’ After the Tanks ’’ had made their first sensational appearance in the Battle of the Somme, it will be remembered that Mr. Lloyd George publicly stated that the chief credit for this engine of war belonged to Mr. Churchill. Immediately opponents ...

... Private Show of Somme Battle and His French Visit. Last nighi’s Court Cireular says:— Prince Albert has arrived at Windsor Castle. Dr. E. Distin-Maddick had the honour of ex- hibiting the official pictures of the battle of the Somme and of his recent ...

... Allen to-morrow's Sunday Pictorial, however, has a further special interest the Haig diary comments on the Battle of the Somme. It was in this battle, in 1916, that Mr. Allen was gassed, from which he is still suffering the after-effects. To Mrs. Allen the ...

... write what is by far the dullest book on the war. Yet, without fully agreeing with it, I prefer his verdict on the battle of the Somme to some which have seen the light in this country. ...

... as you know I don't talk much - on religious subjects. NEXT WEEK: FIRST BATTLE OF THE SOMME Lonw extracts from the Haig Diaries will reveal how and why one of the greatest battles of the war was fought. They will tell of quarrels in high places. A letter ...

... revenue, but should have gone to the reduction of debt. I have said that Mr. Chamberlain is only now approaching his battle of the Somme, and the prospective magnitude of his new Budget confirms this assertion. Already it is recognised that he must ask ...

... Hindenburg over the old General Staff—valuable results, but far from decisive. In the second half of 1916, too, the battle of the Somme was fought which proved that, given time and men, we could do what the Germans could not do, and break the opposing ...

... of rifle firing during the afternoon, and a number of civilians were wounded. SOMME ANNIVERSARY. Yesterday the sixth anniversary of the opening of the, battle of the Somme, in which so many British soldiers fell, was kept as a solemn Day of Remembran ...

... \_ cx Witte ee tong ex i NS }PERONNE Yi What have the Allies really done in the battle of the Somme? This map of London with the various conquered positions on the Somme supe ae shows exactly how the Alhes have An advance from Hammersmith to Palston our ...