... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. RE\ BY THE COMRADES THE GREAT WAR. Thursday evening, at the club, Mr. A. Bnggs (late R.E. Mechanical Warfare Dept.) gave A very interesting lecture ' The Battlefield. 1916. Mr. Briggs i.« to congratulated 'upon- having secured such ...

... IN MEMORIAM. PENNINGTON—In loving memory of Peter Balfour Pennington. killed action at Battle of the Somme. 13th No%ember. 1916. ...

... Nov. sth, 1916. at Butte de War. lencourt on the Somme. Presumed dead. On the sth of November. on a dreary Sunday morn, our brave lad did his duty, at a battle on the Somme. It was on the field of battle, he nobly took his stand, he fought for the homes ...

... ions, the report says, have taken into account not merely the precise class of tanks which weut into action at the battle of the Somme, but also any modified or improved classes of tanks which mav fairlv be considered to result from the normal development ...

... which should he (loomed hr evory Labour r.• ti abut tion throngliont the ionntry. IN MEMORY OF THE ''Rut we won the Battle , of the Somme atit rum. r i d r um lone. Word. of wi.dom ter .rime student' at Emelt Hall on Novolober 1311, when Nom-foot was ...

... from delivering. The students sang songs praise of the never-to-be-forgotten services rendered by Private Rum at the Battle of the Somme, and those who were present at that encounter may remember that it, at least, was an occasion when the teetotaller was ...

... ion to uphold the Union. Speaking, of the ho made fitting reference to the gallant charge of the Volunteers at the battle of the Somme. The sterling qu.alitiN of the boys of Ulster proved to demonstration that they were chips of the old blocks, and that ...

... were disooverid when the tanks were originally used in the course of the Battle .4 the Somme. . . . But the fact that within a few weeks of the first use of the tanks on the Somme the Government ordered a very large additional number of the machines is ...

... Oxford and Hiuks f.jght lufantrv '. T>'»of>« r Richard J. Howkins. Q.0.0.H., died «>r vvoumlH rrr ...

... in • prolonged struggle with the enemy, as had taken place during the battle of the Somme, name the French operations now in progress give, during the first few days of the battle, a promise of important matorial gains at an early date. The Dilatator ...

... For we were taught in our history books and the legends and stories of children's books, that in all battles one side was praying on the eve of battle, while the other was drinl'-ing and roystering. Those who prayed and were quiet won. In this war, even ...

... present at the relief of Peking, and subsequently saw service in the South African war and in India. Wounded at the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916, he was invalided home, and on recovery was employed the War Office in connection with the employment ...