... BATTLE NORTH OF SOMME 18 QUIETER. south of Somme Our Troops Were Pressed From Mezieres. pEMUM HELD THROUGH SHARP FISHTING. BRITISH OFFICIAL TO-DAY. G.H.Q.. France, Saturday, 10.55 am. i NORTH OF THE SOMME onlyjlocal actions have taken place. SOUTH OF ...

... WOUNDED ON THE SOMME. After four months’ civilian life, follow- ing fifteen months in German camps as a prisoner of war, Pte. Alfred Edmund Parkes, Royal Warwickshire Territorials, has succumbed to his wounds. In the battle of the Somme, in the early art ...

... THE GAMBLER YESTERDAY’S BATTLE Lnemy Held on the Road fo Amiens. «Reuters expert commentator, writing last night, said :— To-day was marked by a formidable roe- sumption of the battle on the Somme tront. The renewal of the etruggle at this point was to ...

... fighting in Santerre, the counery 6ver which the French eoldier fougnt during the battle of the Somme in 1916, and with which every ruined village is familiar to many of ‘the officers. The line reached this afternoon runs Rozieres - en - Santerre (on the ...

... Bars t Watts, who was one of the ‘old contemptibles,” and had served 11 ears in the Army, gained his decoration at the battle of the Somme. of Red Counci! School. He was 30 years of age, and.an old scholar His remains were interred at Yardley Cemetery with ...

... in case the Germans were com- pelled to fall beck. Then he went to Serbia. first appearance on this:front was at the battle of the Somme. During this he commended the “second German army. Later he went to command the fifth army in front of Verdun Now he ...

... he lost his eldest son, killed in action at the battle of the Somme in July, 1916. Ue never spared himself, and his constitution, undermined by 3} years of most incessant toil, had little strength to battle with the which overcame him. He gave his life ...

... previous years and él at the age of 17 years an to was employed hy the King’s five M ‘ompany, Ltd. He fought Norton the battle of the Somme with the through Warwic ks 3 September, 1916, when he was woun ded at Guillemont. ral TOLEN NOT RIGHT TO ANSWER. THE ...

... Rothermere. In this war we have taken the initiative little enough, in fact only At in the air have we led all the way. the battle of the Somme our great air offensive—Trerchard’s offensive—beat the Hun, and kept him on the other side while we harassed his troops ...

... joined th@ Sunderland club in 1896-7, and played for 10 seasons. He joined the Army in 1914, and was wounded in the battle of the Somme. Afterwards he served in Italy, and later returned to France. Mr. H. W. Disney, who has been appointed Police Magis- ...

... d and after- to the Army Cyclist Corps. and wards to*the Lancashire J usiliers, promoted to ser; nt. He was.in the battle on the Somme in 1916, and was shortly afterwards recommended for a commission and’ was sent to England for training. After two months ...

... cerving chair. Bali-price, es. Aug. 28 : Battle or Hel:goland. quantity Chesterfield lovely _moquette. Sept “End ot the Moas retreat cheap. Wo, Sept © ri r + t battle of the Marne good second-band Sept 16 2 ...