... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. LECTURE BY CAITAIN E. SKILTON, C'.F. On Thursday evening the Yeovil Baptist Church was filled with a large congregation who listened with great attention and interest to lecture on The Battle of the Somme,” given by Captain the ...

... headmaster of the Summercourt Council School, Mid-Cornwall, and was mentioned in despatches for good work at the Ist battle of the Somme. A brothei was killed in Palestine. ...

... RESUMPTION OF BATTLE SOUTH OF THE SOMME. Furious Desperai tion of Enemy. SLIGHT GAINS. PARIS, Friday. Reider's expert cow..ntator, writing last night, uys: Yesterday was marked by a formidable usuniption of the battle on the Somme front. The renewal ...

... of the Indian Queen’s Council School, id-Cornwall, and vas mentioned in despatches for good work at the lst Palestine. battle of Somme. A was killed in OAPT. GQLIFFORD DEWDNEY KILLED. Dewdn . Clifford Dewdney, eldest con of Mr. Harry on the ney, of Liskeard ...

... Devons, eon ' of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Jutsum, of Patcott Farm, near Tiverton, has been a prisoner in Germany since the battle of the Somme. short time before his capture had been awarded the Military Medal. In spite of his 16 months' .imprisonment he continues ...

... Rifles as a private. In October, 1914, he obtained a commission in the Royal shire Regt. He was wounded during the battle of the Somme in 1916, and in Feb., 1917, he went out to Salonika, and was there to the Gloucestershire Regt. ...

... Beaumont Hamel, Sevre, Puisiens-au-Mont, and Bucquov, and our troops, following swiftly, gam valuable ground. In the first battle of the Somme this was the extreme northern point from which the British ■ launched their successful offensive. ...

... 18th, lecture was given in the Congregational Church by Captain E. Sldlton, C.F., entitled Personal Experiences ofthe Battle of the Somme.” The lecture was of a most interesting and instructive character and was listened to by large and apprecia- live audience ...

... changed hands since the first battle of the Somme. The grave, says the sergeant. is well kept, and bears n wooden cross, on which ig a German ascription, the literal translation being, Here rests he who, in an air battle on the 3rd November, 1816, was ...

... strategic retreat was a surprise. The weather favoured the secrecy of the withdrawal, which was the result of the battle of the Somme, and a precaution against an Allied offensive. The enemy withdrew hoping return again, and. indeed he did return. We ...

... the heat Kattalema in .Irenr. How far his work ouvrodeal can he gauged uhoequent gallant work of the Battalion in the Battle. of the Somme. ...

... After a lapse of some months, Conan Doyle's History of theW'ar is with the first connected and detailed a . v of the Battle of the Somme in 1916, describes as the greatest one-day ever known in the world's history. ...