... “Journal” says:— the winter of 1917 the Germans were driven back at single bound between PCronpe and Bapaume by the battle .of the Somme. This situation may present itself again, for the British threat against Bapaume takes definite shape.—Reuter. ...

... 4th (.Territorial) Battalion had sailed for Suvla Bay, and the battle of Gaza many of men laid down their lives. Their plcnecr battalion had done magnificently, and in the battle of the Somme the 6th Butalion had heroically held out against superior forces ...