... nightrand to-day in the areas of Bapaume and Peronne and across the intervening country of the Somme, have slightly advanced their battle front. They caromed the Somme at some points below Peronne on rafts yesterday afternoon, after several ineffectual attempts ...

... the 3 of eh. .Iteeted and Otter.. Nor, .)flees an 4 Mtn of the Bnzatte. who. Iht ran at .%1 and rench•Arnues at the Battle et the Somme. 1 , 11 to actien Hoiyel't on Jub I. 1915 &lot, the ..aertti whe west who :clam not Say rot to, 'Tit rather we -.toyed ...

... BAPAUME. Bapa ume, which stands on a plateau north of the Somme, must be simply a of ruins. As a result of the battle of the Somme, the Germans retired from it in March lust year. They did not apparently expect to return to it, otherwise they would have ...

... fronts. It has nourished the battle. There have been four phases. We may call them for convenience: (1) The second Battle of the Marne (July 18-August 5). (2) 'fbe third Battle of the (Somme (August 8-17). (3) Mangin's Battle of the Lower ...

... rules governing the district. &node !lag emu* The Somme Victory. We have no mean. of knowing whet were the objectives provided for by the plans of Marshal Foch and Marshal Haig in this new Battle of the Somme. but this may be said at least that if they aimed ...

... spring of 1916 be was appointed to the command of the new 4th army, and was in command of the wholo front when the Battle of the Somme opened on July 1, 1916. Under his direction were fought the actions of July 14 and September 15 and 25. When the German ...

... - a the Somme region, where he may make the use of his talents in getting Prince Ruppreelit s forces out the mesa they are in. A very notable record of British prowess in the air is published this morning. Since the great battle on the Somme commenced ...

... troops are particularly happy, for they arc fighting over ground used by them for inameneres before and during the battle of Viso Somme, and they know every inch of it,. There is no stranger situation in this great tattle than the planting of these troops ...

... line may threaten to buckle under the ferocity of the German onslaught. The Government hilly realises that the second battle of the Somme may continue for some time, and that American forces may possibly be the means of tipping the scale. Every officer of ...

... hanged, and that the Boehm were aiming at the 'ual we have been striving so hard to attain since the beginning of the battle of the Somme. At the end, the enemy would have no more to show for his efforts and his appalling losses than a more or lees big dent ...

... stages of campaign. By following its mast leftward course, we see where it stood in 1916 before the commencement of the Battle of the Somme, and, forking away near to its extremity, we get the alignment at the close of that year after the capture of Thiepval ...

... moment, perhaps, we may be justified in believing that, just as the new Battle of the Somme has been a failure far as tha ameny'a immediate objectives erem emeerned, so has the Battle of the Lys come to an end in so far as it menaced cur tenure of the last ...