... all. Had he been spareAl am sure he would have made a great name for ihanself as a soldier. did awfully well in the battle on the Somme last year.” ...

... that they could no longer win and that they would do better to end the war. Finally Professor Meinecke says that the Battle of the Somme has convinced Germany that it is no longer possible to arrive at military decisions *in the full pn-m-«:omwlling sense ...

... at 50, Great Tiudal-streot, Ladywood, Birmingham, has been a prisoner for fifteen months. While taking part in the battle of the Somme Parkes was wounded in the head by shrapnel. He was sent to Gottingen Camp, where found he was among friends, for his ...

... The Empire. A very fine series of pictures depicting scenes in the Battle of the Somme have been screened at the Empire Theatre, Coventry, this week. Apart from the entertaining character of the pictures, they are serving a useful purpose in bringing ...

... second son Mr. J. 11. and Mrs. Vcmon, F.i'.btham House, Cheshire, who gave his life for his King and country in the battle of the Somme, Sept. 15, The path duty was the way to Glory/* ...

... while withdrawing in conditions without the risk of one day being outflanked. “ The battle from Arras to the Oise is, therefore, the consequence of the battle the Somme, which led the ea.my to recognise the necessity of retiring. If the Germans had decided ...

... compan j over twelve months. has fortunately escaped Injury far. though had several very narrow escapes during the battle of the Somme. Th 6 election for 25 children to the Royal Orphanage, Wolverhampton, takes places on Tuesday morning. Poll opens at ...

... WHY THE ENEMY DECLINED BATTLE. Ihe journal thinks the German retirement, though clear in its general outline, can only be fully explained when it has come* to stop. The enemy,' 1 says, has learned frotn the battle of the Somme. On the Thiepval-Chaulnes ...

... frustrated by the German retreat. The British ‘• drum-fire.” it is conceded, was violent that the artillery fire during the battle of the ■Somme was insignificant by comparison. The enflre front line of the German positions was cut off it- —Central News. ENEMY ...

... by the battle of the Somme. Meaning the Fighting on the Aisne. Work on these successive retreat zones has now been under way for months, and little effort is made now to conceal either their eistence or purpose. Just as the battle of the Somme forced ...

... wounded in the battle of the Somme and was recently home leave. His only brother enlisted in one of the Private J. E. River* Warwick Territorial regiments on the outbreak of war, and has teen over two years of fighting. He was wounded on the Somme in August ...

... Machine Gun Corps, has won the Military Medal after being in France 12 months. This is the reward for services in the Battle of the Somme. He was employed at the Swift Works, and lodged at 14, Clarence Street, Coventry. Oakes is a native of Kidderminster ...