... see the carved oak table from shelled Nrras used Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig at his headquarters throughout the battle of the Somme. Upon this table every Army Order was signed, every report, examined, and upon it the Cpnmiander-in-Chief wrote those ...

... retired Feldwebel taken back on the outbreak of war, and appointed to a Landwehr battalion. Of those captured during the Battle of the Somme, 61 per cent, belonged either to Landwehr or reserve units. The FoldwebehLeutnant is officer with temporary commission ...

... shells 'hurled at the German positions had, spite of the submarine, been double the tonnage fired during the whole of the Somme battle. The result had been singularly successful and highly advantageous from every point of view, mora and material, in the ...

... suddenly at Clipstone Gamp last Sunday. He was formerly m one of the Sheffield Battalions, and was wounded in the first battle of the Somme on July 1. 1916. Subsequently he was given his commission. He was well-known and much respected Milhouses, as well as ...

... tinguishod Conduct Medal, was wounded on the 15th October. His home is 36, Florence Road, Woodseats. He was wounded the ' battle of the Somme the Ist July last year, and then gained the Distinguished Conduct Medal. MILITARY WEDDING BRUNSWICK. interesting military ...

... have had 17 months’ pretty stiff fighting the front The biggest fights I took part in were the battles of the Somme last year and this year at the Ancre Battle. Our job is maintaining the cables, which we often repair under the most severe fire —quite apart ...