... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... R., killed in the Battle of the Somme, 12th Nov., 1916 They miss him most who loved him est. forgotten by brother WiII.—G.R.H.S. Faulks. —In memory of my dear I'te. Leonard Faulks, R.W.R., killed in France, in the Battle of the Somme, iTqv. 12, Peace your ...

... Horn, 2/7 Royal Warwickshire Regiment, whose parents reside at 17, Bell Green, was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of the Somme, on July 19th, 1916, and he has just sent home the accompanying picture. He spent his 918 t birthday in Germany last ...

... successes on the Somme lies in the fact that they were made, to the amazement of the enemy, just after the French army had beaten the greatest assault which the enemy had ever been aide deliver. During the first fortnight the Battle of the Somme the French ...

... 27th. Pte. Macnamara enlisted in September, 1914, and went to France early in 1915. He was wounded, in June, in the battle of the Somme, by a machine-gun bullet through the left thigh, _ ) and sent back to England. . Upon his recovery, he again went to ...

... information received. Now as official notification has reached his wife that he was presumed killed. It was in the Battle of the Somme that Pte. Rollason met his death. Prior to enlist meat he was employed at the Daimler Foundry. He was 40 rears of age ...

... her door to a son she had not seen nor heard of for 18 years. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG S DESPATCH. MAIN OBJECTIVE WON. A detailed despatch the Somme and An ere battles by Sir Douglas Haig has been It is clear from the report that the ...

... reached an unprecedented degree of intensity. WHERE THE BATTLE WAS MOST INTENSE. On the right bank of the river the slopes of Hill 544 formed the centre of the action and it was there the battle was most intense. It was occupied by the same troops which ...

... the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and a partner in the firm of Messrs. Allen, Harvey, and Ross, who was killed in the battle of the Somme July 4, 1916. The institute has decided that the fund shall be known as the Edward Jones Memorial Prize Fund, and that ...

... stronglyfortified positions. These successes are a fitting sequel to the fine achievements of Army last year in the , Battle of the Somme, and reflect great credit on those responsible for drawing up the plans of this campaign. George, K.I. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S ...