... IGHT FRENCH WITHDRAW AI. tater writer -— Parts, Tuesday.—Reuter’s expert commen- A itresh panse has intervened in the battle on the Somme front, which was only atfimated by reciprocal bombardment. There was, in- deed, no infantry but a renewal of the attack ...

... serving in Chins when war broke out. returning to England and going to France in 1915. He served right through the Battle of the Somme, but v as wounded in the wrist at Viruy Ridge. He returned to France again as late as March last. The chaplain has written ...

... • London Ixopital. Re. covering again, he went back to France early in Febeuary, 1915. He took part in the Battle of the Somme, was at the Battle of Gousecourt in November, 1917, and was in the hat of the fighting this year, finisbineup at Mons where lie ...

... under _your command, their warmest congratulations on the great triumph achieved by the Allied arms in this, the third battle of the Somme. The British Empire sends its heartfelt thanks and your most gallant troops* ...

... WAR BREVIRUIL During the fighting on the Somme in the period August 21 to 25 we have cap tore 116 square miles of territory. In the old battle of the Somme. which lasted from July 1 to October 31, we took only 44 square miles. and our losses in that blade ...

... just. What he says about our achievements in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 deserves to be read at a moment when they are often unjustly belittled, and so does his frank confession that the Third Battle of Ypres was strategically a British failure—mainly ...

... is survived his widow, son, and two daughters, his eldest son, Sergeant Beverland, being killed two years ago in the battle of the Somme. COTTON OPERATIVES' OUT-OF-WORK PAY. The Cotton Control Board meeting Manchester yesterday decided th#t after July ...

... recovered. and is now serving with the Egypiian Forces. Private James Lunn, RJ.F., was wounded in the ankle at the ‘battle of the Somme on Ist July, 1916, and is now convalescent at Tipperary. The only one who has escaped up to the present is Private Henry ...

... the late Dr. W. G. Blackie. Mr, Blackie’s only song Second Licutenant Stewart Blackie, Rifle Brigade, fell at the Battle of the Somme on October 18, Igl6. He is survived by two daughters, his wife having predeceased him. Mr. Blackie was of a kind and ...

... CHAPLAIN Drawn by ;VISITING HIS “PARISH.” LIBERATED BY THE GREAT ADVANCE ON THE SOMME: ,hmgS • aU 11,13 fiehfnc, T.ritts Mr. H. Perry Robinson, account of the new Battle of the Somme, is the way it thrills one with memories of ~16. W. come mto possessmn and ...

... back and foot, caused by a poisoned shell a month ago. He enlisted in December, 1914, and was wounded at the first battle of the Somme, and was for some time under the kindly care of Mrs. Frost at Bauk Hall Hospital. For conspicuous bravery, daring which ...

... attended the bride, and the best man was Captain Leach, Suffolk Regiment. The bridegroom, who lost his sight in the Battle of the Somme, is head of the after-care department for officers and men at St. Dunstan's. There was a guard of honour of blinded ...