... to victory in the battle of the Somme ;n such a way that he was awarded the Cro:x de Geer-ie. The gallant Pipe-Msior was shot shames the leg, bat wont en. He was next .hot through the ribs, and when he lay un..uscious on the battle-field the pipes were ...

... France ; and Private William Herd, who managed to join at the age of lb in leaving school two years ago, reached the battle of the Somme before he wes returned as too young. ARNISDALE, LOCH-DOURN. DlrrEit;.—The winter sheep dipping took piece this week ...

... crest that dominates the place to the north. On ilioday, the French took the villages of and Damloop in their entirety. BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Wretched weather bas prevailed during the whole week is the Valley, rain falling in ceesantly, and the ground for the ...

... the High Command will be for ever treasured in the records of the Dominion. To have fought for 23 consecutive days is the Somme battle carrying out with complete success every task set, and always doing even more than was asked, is, indeed, a record of ...

... from which our Army advanced on that morniug. You feel, when you see it, the thrill of the first moments of the long battle of the Somme —the subaltern giving the word to his men, and himself springing first out of the trench, and falling almost at once ...

... of our success will be, or what the final tale of prisoners. That it is one of the most brilliant successes of the Battle of the Somme, if not of the war, there can be no doubt. The' reputation of Beaumont Hamel would alone make its capture a great a ...

... throngh. To do thin he world have to attack fcr another thirty years, provided then that he had sufficient men. The Battle of the Somme is costing our enemies many hundred thousands of men, and, therefore, more than it is posting its. Asked whether the ...