... German Forces Used Up. The battle of the Somme is successfully fleveloping towards this objective of securing the balance of equilibrium. This is confirmed the facts concerning the manner in which the lierman forces are being used up in the struggle which ...

... destruction of the German forces than the capture of any particular town, it follows that from this point of view alone the battle of the Somme has already produced magnificent results.” ...

... SOMME EFFECTS. BREAKING DOWN THE EQUILIBRIUM. LEJMUiSSED ENEMY. Mr. H. Warner Allen, the special correspondent with the French Armies, is able to produce an account showing the far-reaching effect of the battle of the Somme the prospects of the Allies ...

... t by artillery superior to theirs, and in every encounter with the Allied infantry they have been beaten. Thus the battle of the Somme, addition to using up enormous numbers of Germany’s men and vast quantities of her materia] of war, and bringing about ...

... striving for on the Somme like all the Allies are pursuing it on the rest of the front. From this point of view again—which is the only one that counts —the results of the battle of the Somme are most satisfactory. The battle of the Somme ...

... Excuses. The successes on Monday and Tuesday, therefore, form a distinct and crucial phase in the Battle of the Somme. Our line, freed from the chiet obstructions, now commands the ground ahead towards Bapaume, and the French, on their part, will be able ...

... destruction of the German forces than the captura of any particular town, it follows that from this point of view alone the battle of the Somme lias already produced magnificent results. —Press Association War Special. ...

... nearly 160. These hills are the last strong natural barriera which separate the scene of battle from the vast and slightly undulating plains of Cambresis. The battle is more and more a war for portions with naturally all the modifications which modern strategy ...

... nothing either in the way of strength of body, width of mind, or power of character? And yet at this present time the Battle of the Somme is reminding us what splendid material these boys would if they received for a short time an adequate training. If only ...

... “Journal'’ publishes to-day article entitled “ The Battle of the Somme,’’ by Colonel Feyler, emphasising - the importance ofThe British achievements. According to the writer, these operations on the Somme in the middle of September prove that the British ...

... field, gives bis brief impression of a little lull on the Somme front—“before the lull is thunderously dispelled.” This is the eighty-sixth day since the opening of the groat battle of the Somme. The only possible parallel with the lighting during this ...

... two battles of the Somme and Verdun reached 65,800 by September 18 last. A TERRIBLE DRAMA. PA RIS, Monday The correspoqdent of the “Liberte,” in the north of France, sends Ihe following interesting account of the artillery bombardment on the Somme front ...