... under vour command. their warmest congratulations on the great triumph achieved by the Allied arms in this the third battle of the Somme. The British Empire sends its heartfelt thanks to yo and yvour most gallant troeps. ...

... work should soon make him a favourite with English readers. Sir A. Conan Doyle concludes his detailed account of the Battle of the Somme in 1916-— the first portion of which attracted so much attention in last month’s issue—ard emphasises its decisive ...

... France for 21 months, taking part in many imxorunt battles He was quickly promoted, and has now been raised to the rank of Coy.-Sergt.-Major. He was wounded in the back by shrapnel in the battle of the Somme last year. His promotion and decciation will be ...

... completing his training, was drafted to France, where he has taken part in much hard fighting, being wounded in the battle of the Somme. After a period in hospital in England, he paid a bricf visit to his friends in Mid-Yell, before againf returning to ...

... life in the Army has been a very exciting one, as ha was wounded in the first battle of the Somme. He joined the Lincolnshire Regiment in 1015, and went to France the same year. Later he was transfrred to the Somarset Light Infantry. In 1917 hé journeyed ...

... Long years we learned and grew, and in this place XXXIV . LIEUTENANT WILLIAi\I OEL HODGSON fell in the battle of the Somme, July rst, 1916, at the early age of twenty-three. So far I have see,,, as it seems to me, no adequate notice of his little book ...

... the middle of the after- ‘He went through the siege otP \lfl;rd?t?l:x& noon, when, without warning of any kiad, ' the battle of the Somme, and every time two torpedoes struck the food ship almost he got leave he came back to the hospital simultaneously on ...

... on Saturdays. Long years we learned and grew, and in this place XXXIV . LIEUTENANT WILLIAi\I OEL HODGSON fell in the battle of the Somme, July rst, 1916, at the early age of twenty-three. So far I have see,,, as it seems to me, no adequate notice of his ...

... big engagements, the most important of whick were :—Mons, Le Chateau, Marne, first and second battles of Ypres, Aisne, first and second battles of the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Messines, and Arras. It is to be hoped that a continuance of Sergt. Peterson’s good ...

... ted withdrawals of history. The Battle of Jutland was in 116, and it was the Battle of Jutland whic‘x broke the power of the great German #\rmada, and sent it s]\'ulklni into harbour fer the rest of the war—the Battle of [lutland which vindicated our ...