... The Battle of the Somme and After. . . Sir Douglas Haig s cffictil account piths Battle of the Somme—the greatest battle in the history of the wntld—is hitbls encouraging. The objects cf the offensive I Were lint to relieve he pressure on ...

... Terrace. London, S.W.. and see it they can help her in sending out parcels. Pte. C. F. Yorkshire Regt.. who in the Battle of the Somme. and wounded the head. is now reported to have been taken priaoner. He is in the Giessen Camp, Germany. His home address ...

... In 1915 they took part in the Loos attack, and .captured 600 oneri, breaking through three German . lines. In the Battle of the Somme they again covered themselvep with glory. In short, if there was any glory in war, the London Scottish had won it. ...

... October 13th last Viscount Clive died of the wounds he received while leading his company of Ihe Welsh Guards at the battle of the Somme. Powis Castle is a home of mourning, but the name of its dead heir stands high on the Roll of Honour. H. AvRAY TIPPING ...

... to France in the foloeing May, when Private Taylor was trait - 'erred to the Lend ,n Regiment, Both took part in the Battle of the Somme, and Privase Taylor has ban previoucy wounded. In c.vil life they were both with st. Peter's Church, Horn..ey, Taylor ...

... impossible fo1· cavalry to get round the enemy's flanks, our Third Dimension Cavalry go over his head. It was in the battle of the Somme that our aeroplanes first took Now it is part of their regular seriously to the cavalry game. Now it is part of their ...

... returned and our forces were called on to repeat on a more extensive scale that which they so successfully achieved in the battle of the Somme the country would find that it bed justly put its trust in their skill, couragn and determination. We had reaeon to ...

... y little effect upon the enemy. These battles were in the autumn of rgrs, and with the winter lull the Guards went to Flanders and finally into the Ypres Salient, where they remained until the battle of the Somme late in rgr6. In a curious way they associated ...

... YEOMANRY. Second-Lieutenant Thomas Clifton Simpson, who has been awarded the Military Cross far his gallantry at, the battle of the Somme, is twenty-six years old, and an old Territorial. He received his education at a private school in Wallasey, and at ...

... For we were taught in our history books and the legends and stories of children's books, that in all battles one side was praying on the eve of battle, while the other was drinl'-ing and roystering. Those who prayed and were quiet won. In this war, even ...

... leave;;. My boy went, he repeated, and again, straightening his bent back. fixed his blue eyes on mine. It was at the battle o' the Somme that he was missed. Months after they found him hangin' on the Jarmans' barbed wire-naught but a few pore fragments ...

... up with his battalion at once. It was in August, 1916. that he went to France. and on September Bth and 9th in the Battle of the Somme. he was in command of th •:treme right company of the British •; , •nv. On the next day at Leuze Wend he was shot blind ...