... 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 ...

... under your command their warmest congratulations on the great triumph achieved bv 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. —Press Association Special Cor ...

... men under vour command, their warmest congratulations the great triumph achieved 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.” REGULAR DEATH-TRAPS.” (Press A ...

... worked suc- cesstally. From Bray to Roye the Ger- were bw Wing the elaborately pre- pared line ther occupied the 1916 Battle of the Somme, and there was no- thing surpricing iv the fact that the ad- vance h slowed down considerably THIRTY THOUSAND PRISONERS ...

... things quickly. Paris, Thursday.—Reuter’s Expert Commentator. writing last night, says :—To-day again the battle between ths Ancre and the Somme was confined to local engagements. Between the Matz and the Oise, in the southern part of Lassigny, French ...

... the artillery duel continues I J. Wireless Press.) Berlin, Wednesday* rom the battle-front, HEAUMONT-lIAMEL SCENE OF lilTl'Eß FI( HTiNG IN 1916 During the battles of the Somme and the Ancre in 191 G, Beaumont-Hamel was the scene of bitter and prolonged ...