... the resumption of offensive by the British from Thiepval to a point where thev link up with French forces. Before the battle of the Somme can pursue its victorious course it is important that our advance, which was slower in the British sector and speedier ...

... Correspondent.) Fleet Street, Sunday Night. A RETURN to cold grey skies and the news in the afternoon editions that the Battle of the Somme, now three weeks old, has entered on a still more desperate stage, at the moment pretty indecisive, has made London ...

... . Where did we go in ? Oh, near Albat. Our objective was Mary’s Court, or some such place.” It is evident that the Battle of the Somme is going to add some fresh household words to our war vocabulary. “Wipers” is veteran by this time; “Plugshcet,” “Booloo ...

... 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 ...

... the whole Army and the people of England are being thrilled with the glorious deeds of our soldiers in the great battles beyond the Somme, it must not be forgotten that along other parts of the long line other of our armies are still worthily upholding ...

... careful inspection of recent German official reports and a comparison with the facts —the facts of the fighting in the battles of the Somme—is now available. “The German General Staff,” it concludes, “does well to appeal to the German people for confidence ...

... INVENTIONS. PARIS, Wednesday. Concerning the battles of the Somme, the Germans are once again ksuing to neutrals communiques and comments which are absolutely false. To cite one instance, they state that the Franco-British troops delivered a decisive ...