... OUT TO SMOTHER US BY SHEER WEIGHT. The second battle of the Somme is being fought by armies in the open. Along the flaming front from the wilderness above Bapaume, ucross the dead country convulsed by nearly three years of trench warfare, into the hills ...

... set on fire. The French took it back, however, and it was on the edge of the British line until the beginning of the Battle of the Somme. Then the Inhabitants began to trickle back, and lately some of its streets bad been reemrdng almost their normal aipstranee ...

... Events may move quickly It is now fairly obvious. we think, that a short and decisive move- ment is aimed at In the battle of the Somme our policy was one of contracted fronts; in Joffre’s phrase, we were content to “nibble.” The German idea is the one ...

... and were shown . a great mine crater about Cift.z.deen and 200 ft. acroSs,. which when it was blown Up menced the Battle of the Somme. It iA imp'ossible for me to deseribethe brols. , en trees were 4ieking ip like hacked Scaffoldpoles, marking the spot ...

... 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 ...

... old lines from which they emerged to the attack in the Battle of the Somme on July Ist, 1916. Further south, the enemy have captured and they seem have gained a firm footing across the River Somme. The Kaiser boasts to his Empress that his Armies in the ...

... is evident that his advance has been greatly slowed down. At one point he has crossed the line he held prior to the battle of the Somme. This is to be regretted; but what is more important in enabling us to gauge .ie precise value of the enemy’s achievement ...

... equipment; and so forth. For , lack of time Mr. Chandler passed 'over the. ~ exploits of the Yorkshire 'troops in the battle of the Somme, amt dealt with 'the Yorkshire . Territorials' part in the great'- attack on ' l'asschendaele, which tobk place . during ...

... have now reached the sixth day of the battle. The enemy so far is unable to record any decision. It has been possible for bim, it is true, to retake a portion of the ground he lost during the battle of the Somme, but up to the present he has in no nay ...

... bee equipment, and so forth. For lack of time Mr. Chandler peeled over the exploits of the Yorkshire troops in the battle of the Somme, and dealt with the Yorkebir• I Territorials' part in the great attack on Paeischendaele. which took place during hie ...

... thus, the Germans have only regained about half the territory they evacuated in their precipitate retreat after the battle of the Somme a year ago. They then saved their troops by their hurried retreat to the Hindenburg Line. Now they Jiave recovered portion ...

... erected in the Cathedral Yard in Sheffield, and will be unveiled on Monday, July 1 next, on the second anniversary of the battle of the Somme. It is hoped that the ceremony will be the occasion for an imposing military procession and dedicatory service. _ . ...