... entitled to these decorations he said be was. I won the Victoria Cross,” he added, “when leading a bombing party at the battle of the Somme. I have been five times wounded and gassed twice.” Being asked for his discharge papers, produced a certificate bearing ...

... PARIS, Friday. The Expert Commeiitetor,” writing last night, s«ys. To-day was marked a formidable reenmptdou of the battle cu the Somme front. A renewal of the struggle this point was to be expected, the Germans could not afford tj relax their efforts ...

... as the battle of the Somme, which “may be said to have raged, with short intermissions, caused the breaking of the weather, from July to November 14, and during this prolonged period the picked forces of three great nations were locked in battle. The ...

... The Government’s proposals would involve extreme sacrifice on the part of large classes of the population. The recent battle of the Somme was the greatest ever fought in the history of the world. All recrimination at this hour must be shunned—but no one ...

... sectors established by nature, consisting the sector north of the Ancre, the sector between tlhe Ancre and the Somme, the sector the Somme and the Luce, sector between the Luce and the Avre, and the sector between the Avre and Roye. The latest attacks ...

... THROUGH SECOND LINE DEFENCES BEING . HASTILY MADE. PARIS. Sunday (rec. to-day). According the latect news there was the battle .c! the Somme to-day. (the attacks being less • violeno and -es.* TLUO) srous. , ~ ~ On. the other hand, observed that the enemy ...

... Paris, and in the battles of the Marne and the Aisne in 1914. He was then promoted Major-General and appointed the command of the 18th Division, which he led to Franco and commanded from 1914 to 1917, including the battles of the Somme and the Ancre and ...