... battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment. He was wounded in France in April, 1916, and again on Ist July, 1916, in the battle of the Somme. It is now reported that Captain Woodhouse led a raiding party into the German trenches on sth June, but failed to return ...

... SOMME BATTLE. Regarding reference in Current Topics to the City* , liattalion; - 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle says 'only the Colonel 'arid six orderlies of the 12th Y. and L. could•be mustered next morning. What about the privateA? - I believe there were ...

... collaboration of the British air force in the great battle says : There is a spirit of emulation among the Allies to take part in battles in which they are not directly engaged. Durino- the battles in Picardy General Pershing placed under the orders ...

... the first to come into Belgium, and its record is stained with the crimes of and Lon vain. It took part in the first battle of the Somme and, in the recent Lys fighting. Its casualties have been exceedingly heavy. PERSHING’S PLANS FOR 1919. (“Times’’ Telegram ...

... conies to be made When Germany is beaten• she should be made to pay! The Somme Battle. In the May issue of the Strand, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle deals with the battle of the Somme in July, 1916. Here is one paragraph that will have a tragic as well as a ...

... DO YOU KNOW How the Duke’s saved a Divison in FRANCE, » » GALLIPOLL fought at the Battles of the SOMME and CAMBRAL These and other battles are described by men who were there. One of the most Thrilling Stories ever told is that of the Charge of the ...

... ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOMME. Sheffield is to celebrate the anniversary of the battle of the Somme--that memorable attack or the Ist July, 1916, when the men of a local battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment went over the top. Many of our sons gave ...