... leaves no children. that the great now begun ehould. for histori It is suggested ‘al purposes, be described as the “ Battle of the Somme.” The General Manager of the Leeds Gas Works re- There is a marked lull in theatrical activ ity in ports that there ...

... 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 ...

... prisoners. DEJECTED GERMAN PRISONERS. 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 losses so slight. There were very few dead, and the wounded fewer than ...

... PRISONERS NOW TAKEN. The latest British and French official reports continue to record satisfactory progress in the great battle of the Somme, which began on Saturday. The Germans have launched desperate counterattacks on the new positions captured by our troops ...

... 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 ...

... influence of this battle of the Somme iitpon the general course the war. far that course is unchanged,, even at Verdun. There the Germans, defeated at the Thiaumont redoubt—the scene of one of the finest French achievements of the whole battle—made an attempt ...

... 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 ...

... |{easdhs Why Our Progress is Not Rapid. PARIS, Wednesday. Tho semi-official statement issued last liight save : The battle of the Somme, although hindered by a violent storm to-day, is proceeding with brilliant success for our arms. The advance of tne ...

... Captured. PRESS ASSOCIATION WAR SPECIAL. Paris, Wednesday. The semi-official statement issued last night, Pays i‘ha Battle of the Somme, although hindered by & violent storm to-day, is prooeeding with brilliant puccess far our arms.- The advance of the ...

... HUIIIEI OEIMAN PUPAtATIOHI IS DEFERD KIOHNE. Paris, Wednesday. The setgboffieial statement issued last night says;— The battle of the Somme, although hindered a violent (.form to-day, is proceeding with brilliant, success for our arms. The advance the French ...

... he German policy is the extreme one of creating a false impression and maintaining it- The enemy’s reports of the battle of the Somme have from the first been studiously vague, and are growing more and more directly misleading. Whereas we have disguised ...

... STORY OF THE WAR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. The Battle of the Somme is not yet over. The Allies continue to make some progress, though the difficulties are now greater, as the Germans have brought fresh forces to resist the advance. Nearly all the positions captured ...