... under your command, their warmest congratulations on the great triumph achieved by the Allied arms in this the third battle of the Somme. . . . . . The British Empire sends its heartfelt thanks to you and your most gallant troops. 7 ...

... the battlefield north of the Ancre to the strip south ot ' .ho stream far as the Somme, thus linking Je-: ;rdsy* attack below Arras with the Amiens offen** below the Somme- The Germans began their on this portion the line in the Ancre Valley, •tu d Albert ...

... recent'fighting on the. British and French fronts in the Somme area with those achieved-in the first battle of the Somme. In the four months from July to 31 October, 1916, the British won sguare miles territory. In the present fight-' ing, between 21 August ...

... is taking place During the fight fh® Somme in the period -1 we hare captured square miles territory. the old battle of tie Somme, which lasted from 1 Julv October, »e took only 4-t qnare mile- and our in that battle wore infinitely greater than those have ...

... because the enemy holds ridge and wood commanding it. appears that for distinction the recent push, or four days' battle, called the Battle of Road, for though the southern boundary of the Fourth Array* action has been in the neighbourhood |of that road ...

... metal bands, which are attached to ihe wider of the cylinders, As an example of the value of pigeons in action, the battle of the Somme, in 1916, may be quoted. Between July lst and October Ist, about 4,500 operation messages were brought in by carrier ...

... pnsom-i J,, in (dermanr. I'te. Hood bad been missing is, March 'lst. enlisted Kitchener. i Army.' and was wounded in the Battle the i Somme. BT. ives. : . BANK HoupaT.-Tlu, year **,« ' influx vi,itors t'jo tofrn. .'.do tho pre-onted » verv -onr. tlio-c ha\in„ ...

... two rivers , and the scarred hill $ idea on the flanks , the Hun ie desperately engaged in losing the second and last battle p £ the Somme . Villages are slipping from his grasp , and some ol his best divisions are ¦ disappearing piece meal in a vain effort ...

... for the wisdom it has shown in seein, at the Western front is the de. isive fi e cid. We may rejeice too that in tls battle of the Somme British Genc Is and British treops are wiping out the stain of the spring retreat, and are giving the at least as good ...

... remains that captured 116 square miles of ground in the first four days of the battle, as against square miles which we took in the first four months of the battle of the Somme in 1916. STILL SWEEPING ON. There was more splendid news from the battlefield ...

... fruits the attacks of our First, Third, and Fourth Armies, which the enemy has vainly endeavoured to stem. The third battle erf the Somme has been fought and won handsomely. With the atmosphere so overloaded with gl*om in Germany, it will be interesting ...

... emtinucd duriug the day. Our troops are now fighting Senterre, mazy over which t h e. Tench sokliers fought during tne battle of the Somme in 1916 and of which every ra ned village is (smiler to many of the offic.rs. The reached ihi3 aftenwn t una tk BoC ...