... not long before his battalion was in action , After having seen some stiff fightmg , he was severely wounded in tho Battle of the Somme on 1 st July , 1916 . Tho day after he received his wound he was promoted Major on the field . On recovering from his ...

... , London , formerly of Abbboath , who was . repotted missing since 1 st- July 1916 , the opening day of the first Battle ' of the Somme , is now othcially reported presumed to have been killed in action on that date . Lt . Brown in civilian Jifo was employed ...

... dispatch takes the form of a brief review of the military i features of tho war . It regards the long succession of battles , from . the Somme in 1916 to the Sambre in November 1918 , as one continuous engagement . The length of tho war was conditioned by ...

... io liavo been fought out in a succession « f more or less indecisive battles , culminating m a sudden and disastrous collapse of Ihe enemy . The battle cf the Marnc , the first battle of Tprcs , Xeuve Chapelle , Loos , the actions in Champagne , the great ...

... operations . v To . give a good idea of the increasing importance of artillery , it is stated that on the first day of tho Somme Battle of 1916 the number of artillery personnel engaged was equal to about half the iniuntrv strength of tho attacking divisions ...

... Flourta ! s -until May , -when they were withdrawn to the region of St Omer for . special training in preparation for the Battle of tlio Somme . The morning of the 1 st of July found them in position in front of La Boiselle . The 101 st Brigade , of which they ...

... than -which no Division in France is more famous . Whether we look to the battle of tho Somme in 1916 , to tho battles of Arras , Ypre 9 , or Cambrai , or to the great battles of 918 , in all the 51 st Division took part , and covered itself and Scotland ...

... we knew that the first shock waa borne by our first gallant Allies , the French—that during the long period from tho battle of the Somme until the Armistice the main weight and . burden oi the war in tho West , whether it-were in the offensive continually ...

... cavity ' left after tho explosion of one of the series if mines which gave the signal for tit commencement oi the Battle . of the Somme in J 916 ,- in which the Edinburgh battalions , in comnion with others which went through that tremendous ordeal , ...

... Sir Douglas Haig , during his receni visit , made-reference to the splendid action of Glasgow battalions during the battle of the Somme in 1916 and . especially mentioned the fine -work done in connection with tho South Africans at Delvillc Wood . The ...

... ) , and shortly afterwards he received a commission as 2 nd Lieiit . in the Boyal Engineers . He was wounded at the battle of the Somme in 1915 and sent home , but on recovering he returned t o France and is hot ? with his company in ^ Belgium , having ...

... to the personal question said : — I ,. wa 3 charged with wanton wasto of the men entrusted to my command n , t the Battle o £ the Somme . I rapudiafe that charge with igdignatiofl . The measures taken which led to this loss wero either , in opposition ...