... of Ypres in 1914 . those of tho ensuing winter and summer—trench warfare mainly , but including the battle of Neuve Chapelle—and the battles of tbe Somme in 1916 , that chequered tho Allied offensive are recounted with a studious precision in unravelling ...

... should be allowed too much independence. Colonel Fuller scored a point for the new weapon by remarking that whereas the Battle of the Somme, fought without tanks, cost us 40,000 men, we lost fewer than a thousand at Amiens, where the tanks were employed; but ...

... AT THE SOMME On the Western front the Regimeini was represented at the battles) of the Somme by the 2nd, 6th, Bth, 10th, and nth Battalions, all of which saw severe fighting. The 2nd suffered severely on iBlh August in the fighting in High Wood and vicinity ...

... AT THE SOMME On the Western front the Regimen i was represented at the battles of the Somme by the 2nd, 6th, Bth, loth, and nth Battalions, all of which saw severe fighting. The 2nd suffered severely 18th August in the fighting iit High ■Wood and vicinity ...

... to the autumn 1919 he served on the Western Front. During the battle of the Somme he was ported Senior Chaplain the Fifteenth Division, and wne “mentioned’' by Sir Douglas Haig in the Somme despatch. After the armistice he was sent Germany as Senior Chaplain ...

... vicar of St. Lawrence. Thanet, the Rev. A. 0. Wilcox. while serving as senior chaplain of the Fifteenth Division at the battle of the Somme, had the r,ad task of committing his son body to a soldier's grave. Honours for Firenuon.—'flie Xing medallist. Chief ...

... Cottages, and j lined the 2:4 Sea torths when quite a led. He was wow.del at 54 'at but recovered, and through the Battle of the Somme with the 47(11 B, Royal Fueil.ere. Since the terminatilo ef the Wee he has served with his baralion in the Army of ...

... experiences on the battlefield when , be was called over to Francs to see his non, who was 'severely wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He went into the hospitsla and talked to the men, and had amt le opportunity of hearing at first hand what the men ...

... more cheerful atmosphere hegan tlo pervade the scene but the enthusiasm which | ‘marked the battalion’s entry into the battle of the Somme was gone. It might with truth be said that during the spell in Dea'h Valley a fuller realisation of tha meaning of war ...

... the It.DC. Defendant said was sorry for what had occurred, adding that his head was not well. He was wounded at the battle of the Somme, and had pension of £2 week. Mr. Henderson said they would make recommendation that would not forfeit his pension. STRABANE ...

... Fraser ,who become on* of Sir Arthur T'earson's principal Res istants at St. Dunstan's after he was blinded at the Battle of the - Somme, in 1916, said that he had come to Leeds with the double purpose of going thoroughly into the organisation of St. Dunstan's ...

... tun Fraser, who became one of Sir Arthur Pearson’s principal assistants ».t St. Uunstan’s after ho was blinded the Battle of the Somme 1916, said that had come Leeds with the double purpose of going thoroughly into organisation of Si. Uunstan’s National ...