... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. THE DASH OF THE FRENCH ARMY. RESULT Or FIRST DAY'S FIGHTING. (By H. Warner Allen.) An officer who witnessed the Battle the gives the following account of the first day's operations. The result of the first day's fighting was that ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Fighting Proceeding in Allies' Favour. Progress Mide & New Positions Captured. Germans Retire in the Night. were captured by us in the course of these latest actions. According to information which has reached us, a have identified ...

... Map showing the principal points of attack of the French and British in the Battle of the ?Somme, including La Boiselle, which was captured by the British yesterday afte*noon. The thick line shows the position before the grand attack on Saturday morning ...

... WORTHY OF MMTION. Up to the preeent the British and French in the Battle of the Somme have , Nsptnred some 10,000 or 11,000 prisoners. Up to Sunday afternoon, however, when the German official report was made up, the number was something lees than 9 ...

... of the combat, the only ones who can spare time to relate their experiences whilst the battle is still being waged. One interesting feature of the battle of the Somme has been the return in some portions of the area —only a very temporary return, it true—to ...

... Bcre the Somme, and that had Progress in certain important points, • ermatl artillery fire had been intense in ' ec tors. the neighbourhood of two determined attacks on the Frenches were beaten off with loss to . e enemy. tlj so f°'i f h the Somme the French ...

... 5.-THE NEWCASTLE DAILY 1 BRITISH ARMY STRIKES. Great Offensive Movement in the West. Big Battle on the Somme, Thousands of German Prisoners Captured. Enemy's Admission of Retreat. *Adorable aerial activity has taken place to-day, but full details have ...

... of Monitions Beyond all Imagination. Paris, Tuesday. Interviewed by the Petit Parisien, one of the wounded in the battle of the Somme says:— Orders were well given. Never were the leaser slight. There were very few dead, and the wounded were fewer ...

... absence of any application for an adjournment on the part of the accused. WAR NOTES. The Great Battle on the Somme. Beware Peace! The great Battle of the Somme still goes very well for us, and it has certainly given the German higher command furiously ...

... ADVANCE. Views and Opinions Official and Otherwise. PARIS, July inani-oSoial statement issued last night says:— The battle of the Somme, although hindered by a violent storm to-day, is proceeding wits brilliant tor our arms. in., of French troops is continuing ...

... yesterday afternoon:— To the north the Somme resumed our offensive action, and in the course of the night captured a line of German trenches to the east of Curlu. To the south, continuing this success towards the Somme, our infantry took possession of Ferirtont ...