... oommis- in the Territorial It.F JL. in March, 1915, and went to the front in October of thst year. took part in the battle of the Somme officer of battery, and was commissioned full lieutenant in July last, bnt it dated back to Jane I. 1916. During the ...

... VILLAGE. The counter-attack by which the German* yesterday managed to secure is, 1 beliove, tne first instance in the battle either the .Somme or Arras that any village after being Hrmlv in our hands for 21 hours has been won back again the Germane (says the ...

... seconding the infantrv «nth a courage which won the admiration of sll The planes came back from tbe battle riddled th bullets.” SMDce tbe battle of the Somme tbe action of aeropi me?. engaging enemy liaison with our own infantry has been no new thing, but ...

... as in the battle of the Somme, just in the battles of the Anere, Wytschacte, and Uescrnes. the depth of the advance is being systematically limited predetermined front. It is advance the assault. Just a* Verdun cleared the way for the Somme and forced ...

... the truth from them surprising how much they appear know. Tim people say they could almost gather the progress the battle of the Somme the change in demeanour of the Boches. They made no bones about their apprehonsions the pfospect cf facing another great ...

... French with inferior equipment in the earlier days. During the first 18 days the battle of the Somme captured 11,000 prisoners and guns, while during the first days the battle of Arras our capture* were 18,000 men and 230 guns, while had gained four times ...

... Minister of Munitions. (Cheers.) The supply munitions is at this moment many times greater than it was when we began the battle of tho Somme, but have not yet ail the supplies want. While have large stocks are not going to rest there; are going to leave nothing ...

... demonstration in GENEVA. Gkkeva. August 15 The presentation a Geneva audience of a cinematograph film showing the Battle of the Somme from the German point of view led to some disorderly icenes. Towards ten o’clock, as crowd began to collect outside ...

... offensive. 2. The battle of the Somme. the Franco- British offensive the German Staff has been compelled retain 128 d.visona—about two-thirds of its whole forces—on the West front, 90 of these div-sions being engaged and severely punished the Somme. Despite this ...

... plain unvarnished tale average young man who joined the army in 1914, fonght for many months, was wounded in the first battle of the Somme, and is now preparing to return to the desk he left. Incidentally the book gives an excellen; account of the work the ...

... days of the battle of the Somme, and the first eighteen days of the battle Arras, and just consider these figures. the first eighteen days of the battle of the Somme captured 11,000 prisoners and guns. During the first eighteen days of the ...

... the German army commanders in the battle of the Somme. He says, describing the effects of the first onslaught of the British and French armies and the terrible bombardment which preceded it:— On both banks the Somme the British and French carved a great ...