... w W . This week marks the conclusion of the second year of the War. Since the battle of the Somme began thirteen months ago the British and French have captured 170,000 German officers and men, 946 guns, 760 trench makers and 2500 machine guns; forced ...

... to Rosendael, Mr Stirling had enlisted in the Black Watch in 1904 and served in the first Wesld War. Wounded in the battle of the Somme and again at Neuve Chapelle, he was unfit for front-line service and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He served ...

... It's the picture of my brother, a soldier young and gay Who fell upon the battlefield on a bright October day The battle of the Somme it was, That fierce and bloody fray, That took from many husbands dear And brothers young and gay He was my childhood’s ...

... are thrown up in a sharp, unausual light, FOR FATHER ¢«The Somme’ by A.H. Farrar- Hockley (Batsford 30s), in the illustrated British Battles series, is a brilliant study of the Battle of the Somme, the events which led up to it, the controversial personalities ...

... of the Somme our troops are now operating in conjunction with the French. The day has been quiet on the British front. Navy Saved 3d5,000 Men The immortal story of the courage, sacrifice, endurance and faith displayed by our men in the Battle of the ...

... Party of the famous 61st (Highland). Division, it gum its first .performance on the Bth* of August 1916, 'during the Battle of the Somme ; its stage, hke so many, with which it has since had to 'be content, being' an improvised one—the floor of an open ...

... during the European War, being awarded the Military Cross in 1918. After recuperating from wounds received in the battle of the Somme he became assistant area gas officer at Montrose with the rank of captain. Upon demobilisation he taught for two years ...

... the Battle of the Somme, but hundreds and hundreds of them had been destroyed. The battle had hardly. commenced, and he could tell them nothing but what General Weygand had told him-- that he was satisfied with the way it had begun. This Battle for ...

... left to them nothing would be done?* • • • • This week marks the conclusion a the third year of the wit. Since the battle of the Somme began 13 months ago the British and,French have oapttued 170,000 GP4el mall offics and men, 946 guns,76o trench mortars ...

... in March, ‘1915 and both Battalions fought in the ‘battles of Neuve Chapelle and Festu‘bert. In February, 1916, the battalions were amalgamated and later took part in the terrible battles of the Somme and Ypres. On general mobilisaticn of the army in 1939 ...

... leg. Served throughout the Great War. going to the front twice% France and Flanders—taking part in those desperate battles of the Somme, 1915, in actions at Ypres, and subsequent Plate Becque operations of 1918 in which he was dangerously wounded while ...