... Gilmoro Place , Edinburgh , ho joined-tlio Royal Scots shortly after tho outbreak of war . He was severely wounded in the Battle of the Somme , a and on his recovory was granted a commission in tho Border Regiment , prior to enlistment Sec Lfc . Philip was ^ ...

... the second battle of Ypres , -vrhen the Germans during three -weeks in . Apr il and May 1915 renewed their attempt to break the 3 eft wing of the Allies , that the new English infantry showed of ¦ wba . t stuff they were made . The battle opened by a ...

... the close of yesterday they may be said to have recovered the greater part of the area won by the Allies in the great battles of the Somme in ihe summer of 1916 and of ihe ^ jrqund subsequentl y evacuated by the German armies . Such gains must Be measured ...

... the battles in which the rew armies were engaged from the beginning of tha Arras offensive in April last to the close of tho struggle in Flanders in . November . They- successfully withstood severer tests than any imposed upon them at the Somme ; they ...

... cost , also ; has already been much heavier than he had reckoned uuon . The course of the Somme is still the main centre of interest and of danger in the great battle . And it is exactly at this critical point that the enemy has met with E 5 s most noteworthy ...

... qualities-of the troops , have assured the J ^ orious results which we have now obtained . Most of the battles hare been soldiers ' battles , but . wiihout wise and far-seeing leadership at the head they would have been fought in vain . Sir Douglas ...

... cataclysm of those early days on tho Somme . Tho 15 th and 16 th Koyal Scots wero posted beforo the village and close to where the mine exploded , whon tho advance began . The story ef tho advance is written on the Dcld of battle at various points under the eye ...

... done by the Canadians in the Ypres salient is carried on in the present volume by an account of what they did in the battle of the Somme . The book tells how the Canadians took Courcelette , and tho narrative rises ' eloquently in answer to the call of ...

... Augustwhich is believed to bo a record . The Glasgow Tramways ' battalion passed through Albert , tho great gateway to the battle of tho Somme , whoro tho Madonna , holding aloft tho infant Christ , now extends her arms in a seemingly impossiblo position , from ...

... systematic destruction . In itself the devastated area of the Somme battlefield - was a considerable obstacle . We knew that ourselves when we sdvanced across it last year . During the battle of the Somme we blew up two big mines which , made enormous craters ...

... threatened , and its severance wil add greatly to tho diffieultios of tho enemy ' s retreat Once this highway is crossed the Somme battle fiold is left behind . There aaro wired fields , but good roads ; ,, ruined villages , but fairly good ground . We ' are ...

... Wood ; . German guns were shelling Fnoourt Wood arid village and Matnetj , tneir old line at the begmningofthe First Battle of tho Somme * , It was not a particularly he&vj bombardtne nt-npthmg like outs , which was hammering fiercely at the enemy ' s ...