... the front. Lieut. Thompson (whose brother, Ralph, the well-known Grimsby Town amateur left winger), was killed in the battle of tho Somme, when -nother brother, Sidney, also received such injuries as entailed his discharge from the service), was 29 years ...

... forced back at least as far as the Somme at Peronne and across the canal which runs from east of Nesie to Noyon, and he will at the same time be com- pelled to make some correspond- ing of his froat to the north of the Somme. — General Maurice to-day. ‘Events ...

... THIRD SOMME BATTLE. latin #tail. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9th, 1918. The Population ot Hull is 291,118 Alter three months of patient waiting and reorganisation Sir Douglas Haig's turn has come. Our men have taken a noble part in the second battle of the Marne, ...

... SPOILS OF THE THIRD SOMME BATTLE '17,000 Prisoners: 200-300 Guns. BRILLIANT WORK BY TANKS AND AEROPLANES GERMAN STAND N. OF THE RIVER. German troops and transport were again at tacked with bombs and machine-gun fire from low height, whenever a suitable ...