... Pullin. of High Melton, Doncaster, who has been in hospital at Famborough recovering from serious wounds received in the Battle of the Somme, In July last, hae been discharged cured. way of celebrating his departure his comrades got up a concert, in which all ...

... presents a flank to us. The £rcat German salient that used to extend from Arras to Albert has been diminished, by the Battle of the Somme and subsequent operations, to something like half its original width, and is not made any more comfortable by being ...

... strategical move, and has been made under compulsion. It has been voluntary, and accordance with plans”; but if the Battle of the Somme had not been fought, or if it had ended a British failure, these plans would never have had to be made. Other things ...

... while withdrawing in such conditions without the risk of one day being outflanked. The battle from Arras to the Oise is therefore the consequence of the battle tho Somme, which led the enemy to recognise the necessity of retiring. If the Germans nave decided ...

... conclusions on the victorv of the Somme. says : the battle had not been cut into two bad weather it, would sliine forth in still more brilliant colours perfect type modern battle, for it is, indeed, the battle of the Somme a-s conceived hj- ...

... A v-jCL-SP -- IT CONTAINS FACTS: M The Retreat of Mons, f* The Falkland Fight, >^SS The Battle of the Marne. ■•/.‘IL The Jutland Fight, / The Battle of the Somme, v« And other big and little engage- 1. - menfs are all vividly described ■. s^~ !j JtkJE ...

... right-centre in the Battle of the Somme. Thus the number of French troops released for service elsewhere must necessarily have been far greater than if had taken over aa ordinary length of the front. The whole of the Somme battle ground is now in British ...

... the new position would not, for much of its length, be so good as the position the enemy has had to quit. Before the Battle of the Somme the enemy had a fortified hold on high ground, with equally high or higher ground behind him ; the whole of the Albert ...

... retreat. First, there is the stubborn and unwilling retreat, in which every inch of ground is furiously disputed, as the Battle of the Somme. Secondly, there is the kind of retreat, voluntary in execution but not in inception, which an army makes owing to the ...

... the territory is speculative, while his former possession was practical. The enemy, fact, is yielding what fought (he Battle of the Somme defend. The Supretne Effort. There is, of course, not the slightest doubt that the enemy hopes and intends to utilise ...

... the boys sotye the battalions of our ! own local regiment fell gloriously but in[ effectually in the first hours the Battle t the Somme. say “ineffectually,” but [that means that the imntediate (object for which they fought was not then I attained. Doubtless ...

... it all, and are a little staggered a ruthlessness of war, beyond even theii own earlier experience, which covers tin battle of the Somme. ...