... Pitcher Hill, of the Royal Irish Regiment. He was the only son of Mrs Brannigan, and died from wounds as a result of the battle at the Somme. He was a well known athlete, and was a prominent and promising member of the old Independent Football Club. To the ...

... COUNTY ARMAGH. POBTADOWN. In the battle of the Somme Portadown suffered heavily. the casualties amounting to well over 100. Up to the present 30 men are TO. Ported to been killed or died of wound , . .80 wounded. and 3 missing. making a total of The following ...

... completion of the capture of Posietvis by the British troops may be regarded as concluding tly second phase of the Battle of the Somme. Along this part of the line and further north tile Germans occupy a long ridge of ground which affords them peculiar ...

... corrtespondent of the Westmineter GazeWte” writes :—The capture of Pozieres is one the most significant events -the battle of the Somme, end may prove decSsive. Both and command >naih roads converging upon Bbpahme and the Fonreaux Wood, a crossroad betwteen ...

... way the balance of the battle. What it means is that in close hand-to-hand fighting our troops are maintaining, undiminished the steady, relentless pressure upon the enemy's position which has characterised the battle of the Somme from the outset, and that ...

... Officer’s Experiences. The following is from the pen of an Irish officer in on© of the regiments taking part in the battle of the Somme: The business of this push—or any other important phase of the war, for that matter —is too big for letters. It is too ...

... of Antrim, had referred to the great gallantry which had distinguished the troops from Ulster in the fighting on the battle of the Somme. His observations, applicable to the County of Antrim as they were, were in special manner applicable also to the citizens ...

... both flanks the Ulstermen were at the mercy of the enemy, and bad to retire to the third line of trenches. When the battle of the Somme takes its place io the story of this great war the deeds which the Ulster Division accomplished on Saturday last will ...

... slothful Somme, most sluggish ami, yet from where we behold most picturesque of rivers. As one into its deep and silent pools and watches it swirl and eddy into backwaters where lurks many lusty fish, one forgets all about the battle of the Somme. Our Tommies ...

... (Central Nene Telegram ) PARIS. Friday.—after some of the grimmest fighting that has worked the whole course of the battle on the Somme front, the British., comprising the Scottish, South African. and: Territorial troops. bare driven the famous, Brandenburgers ...