... soldiers atl three officers were made prisoners. ' of the Somme the communication r °nches between Estrees and Belloy havbeen occupied by the French, the ''hole of the German second position south die Somme is now in F'rench power on H front of about ten kilometres ...

... the pressure upon Verdun. The Battle of the Somme, as the great fight of Saturday and Sunday will be known to history, was no isolated event. It was part of the plan of the Allied War Council, and, just as the naval battle off Jutland had its immediate ...

... regard it as an isclated operation. It is only a_ part, though a very important part, of a big concerted plan, The Battle of the Somme has necessarily diverted public attention from Verdun, but the position there grows interesting, and may easily become ...

... British Repulse Counter-Attacks. ARTILLERY BUSY AT LOOS. FRENCH NEARER PERONNE. GREAT RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. BATTLE ON 700 MILE FRONT. fhe battle on the Somme, although hindered by storms, is pro(eeding with brilliant sSuccess. Fierce fighting is proceeding on ...

... Lighting Order. > All the. men who have returned wounded from the great charge, which will pass into history as the Battle of the Somme, speak of lery. Ihe German trenches were blown to dust-heaps, with the bodies of the rntti who held them,’’, says one ...

... French armies, sends message w hich illustrates the dash of the French Colonial infantry. 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 ...

... THEN. Each Village a Little Field Fortress. Paris, Wednesday. The semi-official statement leaned last night Rays: The battle of the Somme, although hindered by a violent slum today, is proceeding with brilliant success for our arms The at of French troops ...

... —Central News- Munitions Beyond Imagination. PARIS, Tuesday. Interviewed by the Petit Parisien one cf the wounded from the battle of the Somme said : The orders were well given. Never were the losses so slight. There were very few' dead, and the wounded were ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... the Allies to-day, and w-ill be reaped by them for many days to come. West and East. Ihe battle of the Somme continues stubbornly but profitably ; it will a battle, one anticipates, of slow progress, with many pauses ; for artillery plays a constant and ...

... and that excluding the prisoners brought the enemy .suffered about casualties. FRENCH POSITIONS ATTACKED. LIVELY BATTLES ON TUI- SOMME. Thrown Back. V SUSTAIN HEAVY LOSSES. There has been some lively ...