... closing the second ph..-•• the Battle of the Somme. The long lull followed the event seems to have justitiod the . conjecture. - Whether this new push forward s hould be regarded as the opening of a new phase itt the' battle, or whether it is only an entr'acte ...

... right, immediately north of the Somme, but it cannot be too often explained that just now the French operations in this area depend very largely upon our own further advance. That fresh developments the battle of the Somme may still reveal we do not ! know ...

... SIR DOUGLAS HAIG. SOME IMPRESSIONS. By a Recent Visitor to the War. When history relates ** the story of the great battles of the Somme, it will tell how Sir Douglas Haig and his Staff had their Headquarters in a* modest dwelling, pert of which was still ...

... the boats or the playing fields. Their heroism during the last few mein I never been equalled. except in this wur. battles of the Somme are not. of course, I 0 eseily-witnessed wa those which be been from the heights around Verdun. but they are a great ...