... 1918. Among the colour illustrations are Mr. W. B. Wollen's picture of the London Territorials at Pozieres during the battle of the Somme in 1916, and Mr. F. Roe's painting showing the Suffolks at Neuve Chapelle. 1919. THE MOST ACCEPTABLE PRESENT FOR HER-- ...

... them and shaken them by the hand. Here is line from Colonel John Buchan, in the Glasgow Herald Once during the battle of the 'Somme I had the privilege of discussing with a very great French soldier the characteristics of the different breeds fighting ...

... heart-failure, at 9 Grevilleplace, Kilburn. Mrs. Garvin was born on Christmas Day. 1875. The death in action in the Battle of the Somme in July, 1916, of her only son had seriously affected her health, and she had recently been suffering from influenza ...

... leaves five children. Her younger Son, Mr. Sidney Charles Law, who lived at Street, it will be remembered, fell in the battle of the Somme in November, 1916. The funeral took place on Wednesday at the Great Northern Cemetery, London. We extend our issrmpathy ...

... four years' serrice to hi# credit, considerable part of which has been spent the Western front. He wo# wounded in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and one of three soldier eon#. Hie brother Fred hsa received his discharge after four years’ service the K ...

... through a German gas attack accompanied heavy artillery fire, which oaugbt the men as they were sleeping. In the great Battles of the Somme, too, seven battalions West Ridings cngoged, and, with others, lost heavily tho concentrated machine gun fire of enemy ...

... 'pres. Sir Douglas Haig has led his troops through the hard fighting of the last two-and-a-half years, through the battles of the Somme up to the great forward attacks which clinched le final victory, the hammer blows which Marshal Foch declared were ...

... fought in every battle and on every front. It is a pity that the reticence imposed by military necessity should so often have concealed the great deeds of these troops. At the end of Sir Douglas Haig's despatch on the Battle of the Somme in 1916 there is ...

... Irish divisions landed in France, the Ulster division arriving a short time before the other. On the first day of the battle of the Somme, July 1, the Ulstermen got a chance of showing their worth, and well they proved it, around Thiepval. The 16th Division ...

... Territorials. r capture of Pozteres, July 23-26, 1916, was one of the most interesting and hard- fought incidents of the Battle of the Somme. Pozleres, after the loss of the first G^man defensive zone early In July, became the principal point of the new system ...

... Corps in the spring of 1916. Up the High Street of Flers On September 15, 1916, tanks had their baptism of fire in the battle of the Somme, and the record of their christening was well illustrated by the British aviator who sent the message back to General ...

... of the fighting in which the Worcestershires and Wiltshires took part is from Mr. H. Perry Robinson's account of the Battle of the Somme, entitled The Turning Point (Heinemann). The fighting was then towards Thiepval:-- The ground was so torn and battered ...