... people. True, tho first day of the Battle of Arras has yielded many more pri- soners than did the first day of the Battle of the Somme, and that, so far as it goes, is encouraging; but the three months’ Battle of the Somme. while it forced ...

... co ON T When “The Battle of the Somme” was shown for the last time at the Scala Theatre, London, on day, the samo filin had been through tho projecting machine 250 The run is the longest known in the history of films, and proves that one copy will last ...

... Staffs, who wero asking them what lessons should be drawn from the battle of the Somine. According to’a report seed from the Ger- mans, M. Barres says, at the inning of the battle of the Somme we placed the Germans in a position of extreme peril. Until May ...

... The despatch, too, shows how military ecience is evolving under pressure of actual warfare. “ At the beginning cf the battle of the Somme Sir Henry Rawiinson was Sir Douglas Haig commanded et the beginning of the war.” After July ist part of his force was ...

... hopes, no joys, no He is not too proud to fight, but, what is much more im- portant, he is never too tired to work. The Battle of the Somme proved his worth as a military factor, and wherever you go among tho men who deal with tho vital question of food and ...

... that our losses are either excessive or spproaching in severity those shown by the Germans. Battle of Arras wiil eat into the German Army as the Battle of the Somme did, and as other parts of the are de- pleted of men to feed the siorm-centre, Hindenburg ...

... achieved, and it 1s extensive. Whether or not the Germans ni i nake a successful stand on a-new line was set fled. in the battle of the Somme an in the negati ive. That bat! war the criterion of his r of defence. eettlement determin incidentally, whether or ...

... defence —Lens, Cambrai, St. Quentin, and Le Fere—when he could no longer stand the pressure that had been created by the battle of the Somme, Competent neutral and even German military critics fre y, admit now that the Hindenburg plan was one of necessity, ...

... Army, to herald to,the enemy the ap- proach of martial spring scsson.” The “Cockohafers” in the early weeks of the Battle of the Somme s very severe drubbing from General Haig’s troops and were withdrawn m a shattered condition. OUR ASTONISHING ARTILLERY ...

... Ridge, the Vimy Ridge, and the Messines Ridge. The Albert Ridge wo wrested from the enemy in the Battle of the Somme. Vimy we snatched from him in the Battle of Arras. Yoster- day we grasped the last of the three, the Messines Ridge. Reaily the Messines ...

... the enemy held a portion of is second positions on the zight wing of the field of battle. ab Marcel Hutin, in tho “Echo de Paris,” says :—Just as in the battle of the Somme, as in the outtles of the Ancre, W; ete, an Messines, the depth of the advance is ...

... QUESTIONS. Lonaon eerk who enlisted 10 1914, fough: on the Western for nearly two years, and Was severely wounde.} at the battle of be Somme, is the sudject ot a little book edited bs Mr. J. Hodder-Williams. Many ot his letters are published, including the ...