... their ooo'ness and coumgc during terrible moments. I was the .Battle of the Somme for nearly three monthe,’ cozvt.nues, and got through unscathed A very •lucky chap I am. Since I left the Somme and Ancre district I have been operating in a different part ...

... Bavaria, Commander-in- Chief of the German forces the Somme. The battle of the Somme is over, but it may begin again,” said the Crown Prince, speaking at his headquarters the French front. the Somme battle does begin again the English will ...

... held the supreme command Egypt, waa replaced in Jane by General AUenby, who was one of the victorious generals in the Battle of the Somme, and has eince had charge of the operations. General Allenby,instead attempting rush Gaza, captured Beeraheba surprise ...

... success a further token of our capacity for wearing down the enemy in localised trench warfare. The first fruiis of the battle of the Somme raised the expectation that something greater could be achieved than has actually been achieved. For more than a year ...

... Germans of the battle of the Somme:— Farewell, comrades, you who must sleep the Somme! You were our firm defence. Every a but w-ark, was the body which it cover*. Your names are songs. Farewell, comrades the Somme! The children Germany say ...

... still are, simply enormous. The deduction which Haig draws is exactly the same that of our own High Command during the battle of the Somme. But now that the English are doing the same thing is. of course, something quite new and grand which has never been ...

... conflict as eventful as the battle of the Somme. It is mainly a British battle, and the battlefield is the old fighting ground between the Yser and the Lys which so much British and French blood has reddened sure© the autumn 1914. The French sector was ...

... fall first. The truth is that, while the retreat is | not defeat, itself it the price that is paid for defeat. The battle was won the Somme and the Anere, and now are reaping the fruits and Germany paying the bill. It was an intelligent anticipation the ...

... therein an entire battalion of reserves, including a staff major. Steel-clad monitors, which were so effective in the battle of the Somme last autumn, took part in the bombardment. These monitors, with their power suddenly disappearing, possess all the ...

... followed last night by the statement ‘'there was slight fighting activity only.” DEFEAT FACING GERMANY. THE ENEMY AND THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Sir Philip Sassoon, M.P., private secretary to Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, speaking at Folkestone, last night, ...

... Aisne. Colonel X points out that the same trials strength preceded tho battle of the Somme from June 1 July. 1316, when British troops executed fewer than raids from Vpres the Somme. The Allies recognise as clearly (says the critic) do Germans—Major Moraht ...

... would it They knew what they were fighting for, and they knew they could achieve it and they believed worb while The battle of the Somme had opened the eyes of Germany, and she saw defeat in front of her. We must not trapped any peace snare. bad got the ...