... Loyal North Lancashires as a private in Se tember, 1914, and received his commission in December. He was wounded in the battle of the Somme, and after leaving hospital became tc the R.A.F. last autumn. A.D.C, to General Johnson. He wag transferred ...

... in 1914, among the towns that they held bein, and Peronne. Over a year ago, f fo) pepe. t he British success at the Battle of the Somme, they were forced to retreat to a depth of thirty miles on a front 2 of almost a hundred miles, and their effort if ...

... thgy did in as many months in 1916, when t first battle ot the Somme was fought. All the evidence shows that a state disorganisation is growi ing in the anks, Reserves have been thrown into the pre or battle without knowing where they we filling what they ...

... pression in some form Probably there were few in the congre- tive at the gation who had not lost some re } historic Battle of the Somme, in w ch so large a nuinber of Manchester's young I thood laid down their lives, But the ang 0-Sax0n tem- her « t i ...

... won the Victoria s when leading a bombing party at the battle of the Somme. In a state- ment made in hi ted ital he said he had been five times wound and gassed twice. The when he visited the Somme. King, he said, pinned the V.C, on his breast Captain ...

... SERVICE. A memorial service to ebrate the anni- versary of the fall of officers and men of the city battalions at the battle of the Somme, July I, 1916, will be held at the Manchester Cathedral on Monday next at 1 15. ats will be reserved for the relatives ...

... spite of all the enemy’s advances. FRENCH LINE RECTIFIED. writes: A Paris, expert comm: pause has intervened in the battle on the Somme front which was only ere was, ind animated by reciprocal bombardments. no infantry engagement, but a re- newal of the ...

... one instance of what the Ger- mans have to contend with, it may be stated that on the Bapaume-Arras road during the battle of the Somme we blew up two big craters on either side of the road. mines, leaving enormous When we moved forward the road was repaired ...

... of the the Cheshires and afterwards transferred to one of the tant. “He was wound t, of which he became during the battle of the Somme, wheo he received the military cross for conspicuous gal- lantry. Subsequent and wen! he was transferred to the Welsb ...

... front of them. It is, in fact, a second battle of the Somme, following oclodely on the second battle of the Marne. The g eneral direction of the offensive is east of. Amiens along the devious course of the Somme and the straight Amiens-Peronne road. Progress ...

... onslaught. It is also no violatio of the censorship to announce that tt American Government fully realises that tha second battle of the Somme may continue for some time, and that the American forces may possibly be the means of tipping the ecale. Every officer ...

... This rearrangement is probably due to the fact that von Beehm country well? and is supposed to have done well in the battle of the Somme in 1916. NORTHERN RUSSIA. There is evidence of the probability of a German attack on the Murman Railway in September ...