... army in September, 1914, and went to the front in the following spring. He was wounded on July Bth of last year in the battle of the Somme, and returned to the front last February. He leaves a widow amid Iwo children, aged respectively 13 and 11. ['li vale ...

... British front says;—lt becomes banal speak the enemy losses- They exceed anythin# that can reasonably imagined. The battle of Ac Somme cost the enemy 730,000 men hors de combat according to exact statistics; what will this bloody defeat of Arras cost ...

... Germans orc;>u Germany could w.th very little e out America, but it was not her out. Her policy—and this i* a now the battle of the Somme a:.: *-e Verdun—has been to bring her ir. her in not technical my. bur a* vengeful enemy. There is nrth than that the ...

... Infantry a Cycle Division in Salonika a gymnastic instructor; wounded M l|l wn. subsequent wounded again during the Battle of the Somme, and waa alao gassed of this BKROT, A.COODK MISSING. Detectfve-Inspector Geode, of Rugby, has received new* that ...

... shown. This wonderful picture has been described as displaying mud and heroism. It is a worthy successor to the Battle of the Somme film and should not be missed. The programme also includes The Village Scandal (twopart comedy), and the twelfth ...

... point of view. To explain the present, it is only necessary to study the past, and to, conned it with the fames. The Battle of the Somme was not sufficiently understood. It WO regarded merely as succession of beiiliant-vietories for the British and ourselves ...

... casualties must bo tremendous. The preliminary bombardment from the ground and from the air was a scale which even the battle of the Somme has never •pproarbed. and it extended over four or five days. Those of us who have seen photographs enemy trenches ...

... I’hance. Mnndny. The heavy thnmbrstonne oi the summer helps to brinx out the grim likeness tin- Iruttle ot Arras to the battle of tUe Somme field hose ugliness now smothered the golden suns innumerable dandelions. are suffering the handicap necessary all advances ...

... and the work our stretcher-bearer* i* described not heavy. Indeed, cannot be too much dwelt upon that, taking the battle* of the Somme standard the cost groat offensive, the operations, which began April 9 last, have been carried with low casualty lists ...

... Gernunr. Wars are won and lost an accomalanoii of small reverses, piled on© on top of the other, Ti® outcome of the battle of the Somme was mined by the preliminary success which the British take the villages of hlaaea, Montaaban, &c. And it was jest for ...

... 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 ...

... LNQL'IBER. 21 June. 1917. The Battle of the Somme. [To the Editor of the Birmingham OAimE.] Sir. —Will Birmingham mark any way its sense of gratitude to its sons who laid down their lives the opening day of the Battle Somme? The first anniversary that memorable ...