... 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 ...

... BRITISH HOTLY ATTACKED GERMAN EFFORT TO RE-GAIN LOST POSITIONS. the battle not yet decided. Battle cf the Somme: The Germans have begun a big attack on the positions the British troops last Friday and Saturday around Longueval and Bello Wood. On Tuesday ...

... MORE WOUNDED AT CARDIFF .Another convoy train brought 258 wounded warriors from the battle of the Somme Cardiff Saturday night for treatment the local sectional hospitals the 3rd Western General Hospital. They were all sitting up cases. It. satisfactory ...

... Special. 24 SQUARE MILES GAINED The capture of Pozieres may logically be regarded as concluding the second phase of the Battle of the Somme (says the ‘•Tim**:” correspondent at the British Headquarters). We are now well established on the line to which our ...

... WEAPONS IN DELYILLE WOOD. PARIS, Friday. After some of the grimmest fighting that has marked the whole course of the battle on the Somme front the British, comprising Scottish, South African, and Territorial troops, have driven the famous Brandenburgers ...

... at home, and most of them were tanned a very dark brown by the hot snn of France. Many of them came fresh from the battle of the Somme, and most were fighting on Sunday, while a few were in the thick the “ Great Push ** to mid-day on Monday. But they ...

... THIRD line attacked. BRITISH CAYALRY CHARGE IN BATTLE OF THE SOMME. RUSSIANS OCCUPY BAIBURT. Battle of th« Somme: Sir Douglas Haig’s army has now reached the enemy’s line of defence, four miles behind his original trenches at Fricourt and The new offensive ...

... the allied Higher Commands in the Somme battle, the main feature being the strengthening of all positions won before a new advance is undertaken. The important results already achieved in the new stage of the battle are indicated below;— Part of Leipsic ...

... change the relative positions of the two armies, which in marked contrast the steady French advance in the Battle of the Somme. Russian Front: The Battle of the Stokhod continues, and the enemy, having brought up reinforcements and powerful artillery, offering ...

... artillery.—Central News. NEW BRITISH ADVANCE. f FRENCH EXPLANATION OF ITS OBJECT. PARIS SEMI-OFFICIAL. Saturday. Before the battle of the Somme can pursue its victorious course it is important that our advance, which was slower in the British sector than in the ...

... striking victories—the capture of Erzingan n>l Pozieres and the taking of 4,000 Austrian prisoners north of Brody. Battle of the Somme: After a fight lasting three days and three nights pozieres is now entirely in our hands. The village is on the left ...

... battle for high wood. OUR TROOPS GAIN IMPORTANT POSITION. GERMAN ATTACK TSITH GAS SHELLS. Battle of the Somme; The High Wood (Bois des Foureaux) has again changed hands. I**ss than week ago it was temporarily occupied our troops while the captured German ...