... 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 ...

... stand at Ypres, of the mese doggedness serer-failing patience. and grave as. durance. Tbey thought of the dozier ean of battles of the Somme, two years ago, and later on until the streggie ended In glorioes victory. The Mayor remised the King's colour and ...

... in April, 1915. He wan drafted to the Dardanelles and afterwards to Egypt, and later to Prance. He took wet in the battle of the Somme and was also at Camhini. He was at Burks Bay when Lord Kitchener paid a visit there. Sec.-Diem. fisionard Stevens (Y ...

... system is ceasirig to carry on its functions properly. The ,breakdown, indeed, is as had as that in 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, ,which Sir Eric Geddes was sent to France to remedy. We have stretched our resources to the limit to help the French ...

... a task the great battle of the Somme, and short train journey, followed several days' route marching, brought the battalion Carnoy, little village—rather the remains of on-*- -a le »r two behind Montauban. HEAVY FIGHTING ON TUB SOMME. And then the battalion ...

... PAYMENT TO allowing himself to turned the C.er- 'MUNITION CX>NTR.ACTOR-S. man often-ive \erdun, launched the January, battle of the Somme The most imiKirtant Many industrial concerns in Italy results this came alter the departure that w*ere engaged during ...

... brother, Lieut. Arthur Van den Bergh, 7th Kegt. of the Line, Belgian Field Army. bridegroom, who was wounded at the battle of the Somme, has been the Headquarters Staff of the Humbcr Garrison, and is much liked in Hull. Miss Julia Van den Bergh and Miss ...

... Passchendaele to the great victories of 1918 and the signing of the Armistice. It forms with his two previous books, The Battles of the Somme and From Bapaume to Passchendaele, a complete popular history of the most critical years of the war, from June, ...

... through the South African War. and in France during the present war from the outbreak of hostilities until the second battle of the Somme, in which his right hand was badly wounded.-- The mourners were Mrs Batterbury (widow), Mr Batterbury,. Miss Batterbury ...

... to-day tlio port taken in the Somme offensive July, 1916. and their work Flanders and France. can said without fear ultimate contradiction, says Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, that nothing approaching the Battle of the Somme has ever been known military history ...

... contracting' frostbite, died from its effects. Lieut. Petrie lived at 21, Trafalgar Road. Penaleton. Ho was wounded in the battle of the Somme, and after his return to England was attached to the 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment•. He was a bright, keen young ...

... and the firin: party were mostly his comrades his beloved York shire Regiment, all that remains after terriblo the Battle of the Somme. The las scene all at will never forgotten, tho presence many distinguished soldiers, the sentatires the social, commercial ...