... THE WAR BATTLE OF THE SOMME. OVER 15,500 PRISONERS. PROGRESS NORTH AND SOUTH F THE RIVER. ...

... RETURN' HELD interesting feature the battle of the Somme has l>een the return in some portions tho area—only very temporary return it is true —to tho conditions field warfare. Bui this js the era of the triumph of the machine over the man. and although ...

... HOW tINOLEUM KILLS GERMS. BRITISH' ADVANCE HOTLY CONTESTED. SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS BY THE ALLIES. TUESDAY. The battle of the Somme wax bitterly contested yesterday but continued to proceed favourably for tha British and French. Further satistacto progress ...

... GERMAN CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVY. THE ENEMY SHELL VERDUN CATH RAL SRE ‘battle of the Somme still goes well for the Allies. There has Been. beavy on the British lines, but with- > @at saecess, Sir Douglas Haig reports that the enemy losses fie these ...

... The Battle of the Somme. It was none the lean generous, though perfectly true, for the French Government, in its review of the battle of the Somme, issued on Tuesday night, to point out that the enemy have better communication/ north of the river, end ...

... ALLIED OFFENSIVE FRANCE. CHEAT BATTLE IN' THE SOMME DISTRICT. ' the GERMAN LINES PIERCED. After intense bombardment byjthe whole Western British and Allied line in France from the North to beyond the Somme for live days, an offensive was commenced by ...

... BRITISH TASK. (TRESS ASSOCIATION WAR SPECIAL! PARIS, Wednesday. The semi-official statement issued last night says:— The battle of the Somme, although hindered by a violent storm to-day, is proceeding with brilliant, success fcr our arms. The advance of the ...

... have had to be forcibly fed, as well as carried about, strapped to ambulances, tills ono with disgust, whilst tho battle of Che Somme is still raging. What; a contrast! Suffragettes in France, nursing, and their sisters doing war work home. Conscientious ...

... from Mr. H. ANarner Allen, special correspondent the British Press with the French armies An officer who witnessed the battle of the Somme gives the following account of the first day's operations. The result of the first day’s fighting was that the chosen ...

... Hand-to-hand fighting and bombing continues betweca the Ancre and the Somme. five hundred more prisoners have been taken by us since the number last reported BIGGEST WESTERN BATTLE. GERMAN DMASSER RUSHING UP FROM OTHER FRONTS (Press Association War Special ...

... been magnificent. It is suggested that the great struggle now begun should for historical purposes be described as the battle of the Somme ...

... have been overcome. The bravery -of our men in every field of battle has left an impression that will endure for centuries, and it will be confirmed by the new armies in the Somme battle. Yet to-day the British Army is in reality citizen army, unversed ...