... thrice changed hands since the battle of the Somme. The grave, says the sergeant, is well kept and bears a wooden cross which is a German inscription, the literal translation of which is; Here rests he who m air battle on the ard November, 1916, was ...

... “Journal” says:— the winter of 1917 the Germans were driven back at single bound between PCronpe and Bapaume by the battle .of the Somme. This situation may present itself again, for the British threat against Bapaume takes definite shape.—Reuter. ...

... entitled to these decorations he said be was. I won the Victoria Cross,” he added, “when leading a bombing party at the battle of the Somme. I have been five times wounded and gassed twice.” Being asked for his discharge papers, produced a certificate bearing ...

... Lieut. B.*G. Hooking. 8.A.E., 82, eon Mr. Joseph Hooking, the novelist, has been killed in Trance. Wounded in the battle of the Somme, be eubseqnantly wen A.D.C. to Oenerel Johnson, and was transferred the S.A.T. tost Lord Vlnsr, who was to have woken ...

... PARIS, Friday. The Expert Commeiitetor,” writing last night, s«ys. To-day was marked a formidable reenmptdou of the battle cu the Somme front. A renewal of the struggle this point was to be expected, the Germans could not afford tj relax their efforts ...

... which caused such a in the concliv con Captain Solano served Oeu. J. Babingtoti’s staff France and was injured in battle of the Somme. He has sin-.e post at the Ministry Labour, where the smr. Salvage '■ occurred to him. Another ,-kfeUn bv Captain Solano ...

... far is anable to record any decision. It has been possible lor him to retake portion of the ground he lost during the battle of the Somme, but up to the present he has in no way interfered with the union of the Franco-British armies, which the entrance on ...

... every harnij dreaming all the warriors of the world —grew up to be Lieut. Wyndham Tennant, w ho, the eve of the fatal battle of the Somme, wrote to her these lines, eloquent bis race and his upbringing : This is a great day for me. 1 hope I may be worthy ...

... well-known black-andwhite artist, Mr. Harold Earnshaw, who served his King and country in the Royal Sussex, and during the Battle of the Somme lost his arm. We arc glad say that these illustrations, which will have two-fold intereat for the reader as the evidence ...

... regarded as of the highest importance. During the first battle of the Somme last year the enemy held us up at this point and caused us heavy casualties. Sailly-Saillisel is the highest ground on the Somme, and commands the valley of the Tortille river, along ...

... as the battle of the Somme, which “may be said to have raged, with short intermissions, caused the breaking of the weather, from July to November 14, and during this prolonged period the picked forces of three great nations were locked in battle. The ...

... The Government’s proposals would involve extreme sacrifice on the part of large classes of the population. The recent battle of the Somme was the greatest ever fought in the history of the world. All recrimination at this hour must be shunned—but no one ...