... fellow—the only son of Mrs. E. Farrell-- was a labourer at Neepsend Gas Works when he joined up, in August, 1916. At the battle of the Somme he was severely wounded in the leg, but made a good recovery, and returned to the fighting line. He was taken prisoner ...

... VALUE OF THE SOMME OPERATIONS. The double advance tbe British both north and south of the Somme seems likely to sweep past both sides of the famous ridge between Albert and the Somme, which we attacked frontally in the T 916 battle of the ...

... conies to be made When Germany is beaten• she should be made to pay! The Somme Battle. In the May issue of the Strand, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle deals with the battle of the Somme in July, 1916. Here is one paragraph that will have a tragic as well as a ...

... Germany. Lieut. Reding 1.27 w,ho has been missing since April 14th, has in France since December. 1915, and was in t he battle on the Somme and the recent German c frensive. Mr. John Wadsworth, M.P. for the Hallam. ',hire Division, has received news of the ...

... Next Monday will be the second anniversary of the first great battle of the war in which all Sheffield units in the Army played an important part. At the opening of the Battle of the Somme, Artillery, Engineers, Hallamshires, City Battalion, and the men ...

... of the campaign. By following its most leftward course we see where it stood in 1916 before the commencement of the Battle of the Somme,, and, forking away near to its extremity, live get the alignment at the close of that year aftr the capture of Thiepval ...

... now open to Germany. The first is to continue its present effort, in which event the battle must become long and outdrawn a gruelling contest like the battles of the Somme or Verdun. Or, secondly, they must start a new offensive somewhere else, presumably ...

... Battalion Despatch Runner of the most trying and dangerous duties of the British Tommy. I took a very active part in the Battles of the Somme, Mcssincs, Ypres and Cambrai, and was fortunate enough to have the Military Medal bestowed upon for my work as Despatch ...

... returned to France in June, 1916, after- wards commanding a battery thr'oughoUt the battles of the Somme, Arras, Messines, and the third battle of Ypres, when he was again wounded within 100 yards of the spot where he was wounded in 1915. He was awarded ...

... supplementary dispatch from British General Headquarters, France, was received last night; In the series of successful battles on the Somme* front, which opened on August sth, Enghsh, Scottish, and Welsh divisions have taken an important share in the fighting ...

... narrative of his experiences and those of his men in Gallipoli and Egypt and on the Western front. Seeing that was in the battles of the Somme and Messines, had part in the remarkable and Mr. DOUGLAS VICKERS, M.P elected unopposed for Hallam. Mr. F. HOPE, Coalition ...

... whereas before the battle. the British had one strong defensive line, they have now four. A gratifying feature of our operations on the Western front has been the decrease in the per centage of infantry casualties. At the battles of the Somme they were very ...