... 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 ...

... 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 ...