... P . uiis , March 31 . —Reuter s Expert Commen- tator , writing last night , says : — Since Friday ovemng-tho battle on tbe Somme has been renewed with redoubled violence on a front of 60 kilometres , extending in the-form of a . right angle . from ...

... systematic destruction . In itself the devastated area of the Somme battlefield - was a considerable obstacle . We knew that ourselves when we sdvanced across it last year . During the battle of the Somme we blew up two big mines which , made enormous craters ...

... hill above tho Ancre , where they are now encamped again . No Gorman division suffered more in the final phaso of the Battle of the Somme , and this . may explain why tho naval contingent was assured on going into action this iime that it would not bo called ...

... the First Battle of the Somme , but only oas nursing sister was killed and one wounded . Doctors and nurses alike had to work eontinucosly three and fonr days and nishts . I met more than on » s'ir ...

... which ne acted as staff-captain , and was present at the evacuations of Suvla and Helles , and in France at Both the battles of the Somme . He received the Military Cross in 1917 , and waa with his old battalion of tbe ' Worcesters , of the famous 29 tn ...