... of the Battle of the Somme on let July 0.916,) in which the Battalion took part, suffering heavy casualties, and losing their second Commanding Officer, Colonel Burnett. NOTE.—The story of the 6th North Ftsffords' share in the Battle of the Somme will be ...

... Earl and Mr. Hurley. His second son was killed in Gallipoli in 1915 s and his eldest eon was severely wounded in the Battle of the Somme, 1 1916. They had both received commissions in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. His third son is at Balliol College ...

... from those held by Main Headquartc!s and by the cinvemmect in Berlin. In 1916 (says thu journal', after the Second Battle of the Somme, the Prince emphatically advocated the conclusion of peace. He repealed his efforts at the beginomenf this ear, and ...

... WAR HISTORY OF THE Ist-Sth NORTH STAFFS. TERRITORIALS. BATTLE OF THE SOMME : Gommecourt : July 1,1916 : The sth North Staffords' Advance from Fonquevillers NORTH STAFFORDS AGAIN CUT UP. Col. Burnett Killed in ' Occupying the Enemy in the Interests of ...

... Assaiation r gents ers.espc rt counueniator; irritoir Yesterday , was inatked by a , :onaiilable :resiiisiptiomat the battle ott .the !Somme front. 'The rerieital of the,.itruggle at this pciait'tins to be:expected, as - -the Gerniaus could , not to relax; ...

... our forces between Arras and Per appear to be moving back in the direction • the old line which we held at the the battle of the Somme on July let, have offered a most desperate resistance, si t . Germane themselves admit. that Peroune Barn have both ...

... nouns' le and glorious record vitt remain for all time. AFTER HOHEFZOLLERN. The sth North in Egypt 4 RETURN TO FRANCE : Battle of the Somme : COL. BURNETT KILLED. Lieut..C.A. William Burnett, who succeeded Col. Knight in the Command of the Ist-sth North Staffords ...

... would make a great stand on the heights of Thlepval, which fur so long formed an uncempieraide, bastion in the first battle of the Somme. But our heroic troops overcame the difficulty of Thiepval by turning it from the north and the south, and then swarming ...

... during the day. Our trqops an sow fighting in Santerre in the country over which the French soldiers fought during Battle of the Somme in 1916, and of whi6 every ruined village if familiar to many of officers. The Hue reached this afternoon runs tbrougt ...

... reprinted the ahicle from the rpeeteter on September nth. Olt and on thzt dal' It remrrked in slender, in the Sr °dna The Battle of the Somme, which has been followed by such wott.lerfll results, iu which North Sts:ffordshire Battalions fully abaci, and in which ...

... strategy. As le our fashion, we began by mistakes and failures, for it is a just saying that Britain loses battles but wins wars, or rather loses most battles except the last. But in every case we here retrieved our unsuccess, and this is a stronger proof of ...

... recalls that the first Mayor of the new County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent, Major Cecil Wedgwood, fell in action, at the Battle df the Somme; but there is scarcely a !toile in North Staffordshire that has not proud and tender personal memories. Those kith and ...