... the Earl Reading and Yiscount Milner. Captain Charles Craig, M.P., who was wounded, and made prisoner July, 1916, tho Battle of tho Somme, returned the House of Commons yesterday, and was heartily congratulated by members all parties on his release. The ...

... German Reserves are Disappearing. General Maurice, writing in the (Daily Chromcile,'' says that the effect of the third battle of the Som-me must to increase very materially the enemy's man-power embarrassment. The eight divisions of Von Marwitz's Army have ...

... drafts, and he- endeavouring make drafts with least, two divisions infantry and some Austrian has put into present battle north the Somme divisions, of which lea&t. t.wjoe. Some h» assault battalions storm troops have also up' for the purpose jf forming ...

... get there. Lieutenant Bousfield was received bv the his arrival in London and awa.Td>ed M.C. for his bravery in the Battle of the Somme, 1916. ...

... greatly interfered with operations in the air. Our reported the progress of tho battle south of Somme, and demy's troops the German machines which appeared this part the battle front six were down our aeroplanes and one was shot down by our anti-aircraft ...

... thfe Germans, now that they are on the offensive, are very fairly consistent in their treatment of units. During the battle of the Somme in many cases divisions were allowed to bleed to death. We know that several lost 8000 men —their total complement— ...

... But so long as process development extremely dangerous and disorganising. The salient driven in by our troops 'he battle of the Somme in process development, and the Germans were forced to retreat 12-20 miles to save thejneelves. Had they been then a ...

... existence. After eighteen days in the trenches here, the battalion enjoyed spell of eight days out. week later memorable Battle of the Somme opened with “ every gun a front of twenty-five miles speaking, and speaking without pause.” This battalion of the Gordon* ...

... ON THE SOMME AGAIN. Magnificent Stand by our; Troops, With the British Armiee, Monday night. The battle of the Somme fought bv armies the open. Along the flaming front from the wilderness oonvulsed by nearly three years trench warfare into the kills and ...

... beadmaster, ■ Duff uf. He was for number years th® staff of the British Linen Bank ■ at- Elgin He was wounded in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The late SecondtLieutenant David E. Dow, Seaforths, a son of Mr Dow, headmaster. West'Ehd-School, Elgin. Lieutenant ...

... magnificent achievements in the present war. They fought superbly in the first and third battles of Ypres, at Festubert, at Loos, at Arras, and on the Somme, At the first battle of Ypres, where the English Army, incrédibly inferior in numbers, guns, and munitions ...

... artillery. When was stated on Saturday last that the situation north of the Somme was s able, heavy fighting was then going on the Moreuil-Lassigny front, which may be described as the battle of Amiens, and the result was still uncertain. That front, it may safely ...