... were not successes at all. Nineteen sixteen brought tv all-important events in the Jutland beaitle, and the Somme episode. The Jutland battle is still a sore point with many sturdy Britishers. Consequences have proved to us (far more than the communiqués ...

... Crook. Lancashire Feathers, of Cliorlee- Unite(' Kingdom iu respect of rd.. Heath Charecek, during the recent I Rena battles on the Somme. for which lie tee/Overt I lotetest and instalments payable in rethe Militaty Metal . a meeting was held on *poet of ...

... BATTLE OF THE SCMME. “A FULL HALF” OF THE GERMAN ARMY BEATEN. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S DISPATCH. The story of the Battle of the Somme, which lasted from JnlL 1 to November 18, is told in Sir Douglas Haig’s dispatch, which fills sixteen pages of the “London ...

... when the shattering failure the last great German sit ark in the west had only just become apparent. Since then the Battle of the Somme and the French reaction Verdun have completely established the ascendancy, both moral and material, of the Allies in ...

... responsible circles here just now is very like that which ha-s existed amongst the troop* in France ever since tho battle of th© Somme discovered to them the truth their superiority over the German. It well summed in the word# which prominent member of ...

... service over 12 months, having teken part in the Vimy Ridge engagement. or la s t May, and also participated in the battle of the Somme front July to October Killed. • • N.C.O.'s and Men. 14th la-t. lie bat been twice wounded. Bet fore the war Sergi. Barnes ...

... months’ training in the South was drafted across the Channel in September. 1915, and took part in the battle for Vimy Ridge and the Battle of the Somme from July to October last year. He has been invalided home, and is now on the staffi of a training reserve ...

... Bravery in Somme Fighting. Private Thomas Collier, of the Coldstream Guards, has been recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal. In a letter home to his mother at 18, Stone Street, he tells her that for bravery on the field of battle his name has ...

... study of the early months of war on the West, and the charge by squadrons of the Dragoon Guards and Deccan Horse in the battle of the Somme, and, more recently still, the presence of our mounted cavalry patrols in open green Odds and undamaged villages well ...

... somewhat severe. A study of the early months of war on the West, and the charge W squadrons of the and Deccan Horse in the battle of the Somme, and. more recently still. the presence of our mounted cavalry patrols in open green fields and undamaged villages well ...

... in the field. He enlisted in January, 1915, and has heen at the front since November, 1915. Collier took part in the Battle of the Somme, when his regiment came out with flying colours. Before enlisting he was employed at Peel Mills, and resided with his ...

... himself desperately, and {hat we shall see bloodie~ fighting than anything that has yet happened in France, even in the battles of the Somme. The heights of sacrifice have not vet heen reached, and these raids are but little preparations for the tremendous ...