... of the Somme the day brought a remarkable advmce. In the afternoon the Allied forces were two miles east of Dornpierre on the way tc Peronne. and had passed through Soyecourt and Ablaincourt, villages which the French stormed in the first battle of the ...

... was soon in the thick of the righting. In the battle of the Somme, it shared in the glories and the losses of Bullecourt. After many exciting experiences in the meantime, it was engaged in the first battle of Cainbrai, where it made a great name for itself ...

... THE WITHDRAVAL. PARIS, Tuesday. Reuter's expert commentator writes : A fresh pause has intervened in the battle on the Somme. There was no infantry engagement but a renewal of attacks on a vast front, as at the outset may be expected, and preparations ...

... PRIN CE FOILED. PARIS, Sunda•. Reuter's Expert Commentator, :writing last night, says : • Since Friday evening the battle on the Somme has been renewed with redoubled violence on a. front of tO kilometres, extending in the form of a right angle from Moreuil ...

... severe conflict round \pres; xhey also took part in the storming of the liohen| zollern Pedoubt in 1916, and in the Battle of the Somme Their greatest achievement was last September in swimming the St. Quentin Canal Sir Douglas Haig describing this as ...

... under your command their warmest congratulations on the great triumph achieved bv the Allied arms in this the third battle of 'the Somme. The British Empire sends its heartfelt thanks to you and your most gallant troops. —Press Association Special Cor ...

... Narrowing of the Battle Front. The tendency of a battle-line is always to shrink somewhat after the first shock. Thus, in our Cambrai offensive, we opened on a much wider front than that on which the battle shortly afterwards developed. This limitation ...

... SOMME ANNIVERSARY, The anniversary of the Battle of the Somme is again to be marked at Sheffield Cathedral by a series of special memorial services. To-morrow morning a Parade Service will be held, when the 17th, and 18th West Riding Volunteers will be ...

... the church parade service at Sheffield Cathedral, yesterday morning, to commemorate those who gave their lives in the battle of the Somme on July Ist, 1916. Ho was speaking to 550 men, heroes one and all, who had risked their lives in the service of their ...

... inferior forces, and have succeeded in stopping the onrush short of what would be disastrous to us. The course of the battle of the Somme has been curiously repeated in Flanders. The impetus of the initial attack swept away our carefully prepared defences ...

... was in the Y. and L. when the honour was conferred, and was instrumental in destroying two German barricades at the battle of the Somme. Private Edward Bennett, Machine-Gun Corps, Thornsett, New Mills, has been awarded tne Military Medal for keeping his ...

... Friday. Reuter's Expert Commentator, writing last night, says : Yesterday was marked by a formidable resumption of the battle on the Somme front. The renewal of the struggle at this point was to bo expected, as the Germans could not, afford to relax their ...