... Seton-road, received the news on Thursday that her youngest son Alfred, a private in the Royal Fusiliers, was killed in the battle of the Somme on July Ist. was aged 19, and he with three friends was among the first to join the Army, in 1914. Of these his cousin ...

... the greatest assets of the future of their country. Their loss in the conduct of the groat infantry attacks in the Battle of the Somme would appear, a casual valuation, to place their worth no higher than that of the average intellect which, backed by ...

... 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 ...

... of the Daily News at Rotterdam wires under Sunday's date aw follows: From the point of view of German resistance the battle of the Somme haa reached a most critical phase, for there ground for the belief that unless within a very short period, they deliberately ...

... 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 ...

... condition. Pie. W. Stanton (Durham Light Infantry), of 11, Charles-street, Leamington, baa been wounded in the leg in the battle of the Somme. He is progressing favourably and is in the Middlesex Second-Lieutenant ■ Harry Coldicott, 8.W.R., only son of Hr. and ...

... the fighting is the readiness which the Germans are showing to surrender.—P.A. War Special. » THE CEASELESS BATTLE ON THE SOMME. OUR TROOPS BATTLING FOR POSITIONS. British Headquarters in the Field, France, Saturday. Summer has come with vengeance, and although ...

... Thiaumont Work failed. —Oentral News. Paris, Friday. After some the grimmest fighting that has marked the whole course the battle on the Somme front, the British, comprising Scottish, South African, and Territorial troops, have driven the famous Brandenourgers ...

... positions in De!vide Wood, Faris, Friday. After acme of the grimmest fighting that. has marked the whole course of the battle on the Somme front, the British, comprising the Scottish, South African, end Territorial troops, have driven the tarpons Brandenburgers ...

... of trenches north OF THE SOMME. RUSSIANS 22 MILES FROM KOVEL. Battle cf the Somme: British and French troops, working in co-operation, began new advance on Sunday morping a front over six miles between Delville Wood and the Somme. This front runs north ...

... is done in vain they might have added after three weeks of battle. We tahe all this very quietly at home,' but to Ahe outside world it is one of the surprises of history. When the long:Battle of the Somute began, any one three things might have been looked ...

... searc h es every . • labour, the hardest form of warfaro yvt invented. From the point of view of German resistance the battle of the Somme has reached a most critical p: sae, for there is ground for the belief that unless within a very short period they ...