... British Army, as they were involved up tv ‘the neck in their attempt at Verdun to destroy the French army in 1916. The battle of the Somme was the British relief of Verdun. We await the parallel. ...

... in the trenches, having enlisted in September, 1914, and had seen service m Gallipoli, Egypt, and Trance. During the battle of the Somme last July he was invalided home, suffering from gas poisoning and trench fever, and was sent to St. Luke’'s Hospital ...

... endurance is provided by the case of 2 member of the Royal Sussex Regiment who is now in hospital. During one of the great battles on the Somme a high explosive shell shattered one of his legs Nothing daunted, he obtained a couple of rifles, and, using them ag ...