... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ground soft and rendered the movement of artillery difficult. may be recalled that we had similar experiences during the battle of the Somme. All the prisoners agree that our prolonged and intense bombardments have inflicted tremendous casualties, of which ...

... Kaiser, ihe Germans are beginning to know this the rude blows they are receiving. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. When on the Ist of July the British attacked the enemy the Somme they made rapid progross, and reached, and even passed, the three first lines of the ...

... ENEMY'S ENORMOUS LOSSES. Meanwhile the losses of the enemy are in excess of anything that could have been imagined. The battle of the Somme cost 730,CKX) Germans placed hors de combat. It impossible to estimate those incurred in the bloody defeat of Arras ...

... lessons should ' li: battle of the Somine, ' H ' m I ' e ß° rlj seized from Germans,*' thc beoinn l ? the battle l j tai' lo P' acet f'the Germans a posi- %, I - Until Ma - tl,e Germans - le French would be able 't) , '' battle of the Somme, and 'Cnsive would ...

... carried out on so wide a front, and such a 6peed. The Crown Prinoe of Bavaria, taught by the experience gained at the battle of the Somme, no longer anxious to fight a defensive action, and, therefore, by his withdrawal escapes the artillery preparation ...

... aerial battle which was fought between the British and the Germans was the indispensable prelude to the grand offensive which begun and which is not a war of movement, but a battle for trenches. is a second edition df the great battle of the Somme, but ...