... THE WITHDRAVAL. PARIS, Tuesday. Reuter's expert commentator writes : A fresh pause has intervened in the battle on the Somme. There was no infantry engagement but a renewal of attacks on a vast front, as at the outset may be expected, and preparations ...

... ll9 was r! followed by the battle of the Nfarfle:, Again, we well remember that even milita opinion throughout the world expected th e , Germans to reach Verdun in ior6. the attack on Verdun ended in t he battles of the Somme and the German retreat to ...