... the depots in rear. British aeroplanes supplied ammunition to the infantry, to quote only one instance, during the battle of the Somme, and in the early days of the recent advance through Belgium, when the roads were mere sluggish rivers of mud, some ...

... Freytag-Lonng. / hoven, of the German Imperial Staff. I The Old Front Line (Heinemann, 2s. net). The beginning of the battle of the Somme. I John Masefield. International Military Digest (November* Windsor Magazine (January). Ayres Cricket I Companion for ...

... July, 1915, he passed into bandhurst, and was granted commission in the following December. took part in the first Battle of the Somme in July, 1916, when he was wounded. On recovery he rejoined his home battalion, and was subsequently attached to the ...

... ware have ceased, we make our pilgrimage to France and visit the historic ground where was the Old Front Line when the Battle of the Somme began. Mr. Masefield reminds that the ground will not for ever, or even for long, preserve the aspect of war, and certainly ...

... offensive take place. A Change Indeed !—The German wireless of Juno? 11l who met the British prisoners captured in P the Battle of the Somme were amazed at their arrogance. Their military to them so obvious that ultimate victory for England was only 1 a matter ...

... march from Kabul to Kandahar and the battle of Sept. 1, being mentioned in despatches and promoted to Brevet Major. In 1882 he served with the Indian contingent in the Egyptian Expedition, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. During the Burma ...