... last Saturday:s`Spectator on Gommecourt--a nat.:Abet is full of memories for.many North ,Staffordshire People. -The Battle of the Somme, which ,has,. been followed by such wonderful results, in which North Staffordshire Battalion's fully shared, and in ...

... maclane guns, which are much more effective than darts. In fact, the art of war has developed so rapidly since the battle of the Somme began that toe tactical references in this detailed] account of Gommecourt [Torn the enemy's side' already seem antiquated ...

... positions in the Ypres sector before the infantry attack. During the visit he Motored through the country where the Battle of: thi.Somme was fought last year. and studied 'with deep interest the ground over which the'.tilster Division made their historic ...

... the 60 mark.:: A -most instructive German olBcial Renort on the defence of Gommecourt•on July Ist, 1918, when •the battle of the Somme•began, is printed in the August issue of the Journal. of the Royal United r‘ervies Institution. It is the war diary ...