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... rith great skill those positions which eft them in possession of all the ommanding ground the front. The esult of the battle of the Somme and I -f tho operation* throughout the past! ear is that all that commanding ground laa now passed into the hands of ...
... before the battle ilm British, had one strong defensive line, they have now four. INFANTRY CASUALTIES DECREASING. A gratifying feature our operations the Western front, has been the decrease in the percentage of infantry casualties. At the battles of the ...
... Nightshade. _ Looking-glass flower. .iariock, white and Hemp-nettle. Sow-thiatle. uoosetoo!. The ground, over which tho battle of the Somme was fought the late summer and autumn of 1916. was during the winter and spring 1917 a dreary waste of mud and water ...
... third battle of Ypres July last. Sergeant Hunter's wife and three children live at 51, Lowestreet, St. Helens, and before the war he was employed at the Raven head Colliery. joined the Army in August, 1914, end was wounded at the battle of the Somme P. HnxTEF ...
... bearing the following inscription:— *ln memory of officers and men, Ist South African Brigade, who fell in action. Battle of the Somme, 1916.** Tlie troops formed up in a hollow square of close column of companies surrounding the memorial. Drums were ...
... Licence was so* wanton here tha the German commander had stamp it out with an iron heel, and after it. dining the battles of the Somme, when the flame war came close to its walls, the French people were sent away. OXE OF THE MEN OF MONS. Its ruined streets ...
... dark solid line shows the position indicated in the War Office The dotted line marks the Allied position before the battle of the Somme. o 5 8,8. LY @ MILES | PO ag U ete Ablainzeyille [eat c BAPAUME AIM 25 Beaumg Auchonvi eg ALBE Ami Sailtf fo Tif, vu ...
... STRUGGLE FROM DOUGLAS HAIG Apart from local fighting at different points not- pressed to-day the Somme We gained ground at certain places South of the Somme heavy hostile attacks developed during the morning in the neighbourhood of Mezicrcs and Demuin Fighting ...
... parts the front troops are particularly liappy for they are fighting over bv them for manoeuvres before and during the battle of the Somme and they know every inch it Opposite them are German divisions that three months’ training in open warfare latter pur ...
... doctor had had to appeal to tribunal. The case was referred the medical committee Caesar on the Somme. The Somme, along the banks of which the greatest battle the world has ever witnessed has been swaying during these eventful days is associateed with the ...
... in numbers immense of troops proved the importance to the LULL !N BATTLE EKEMY FEVERISHLY ENTRENCHING Paris (received to-day) Aouording to the latest news there lull the battle the Somme to-day less violent less numerous the hand it is observed enemy is ...
... the lull look German Com-j realises have materialised is j Stock the BAD WEATHER THE SOMME COUNTRY France Wednesday and night and difficulties of in shell-furrowed Somme to be increasing particularly our have played havoc with reads Press Association’s ...