... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...