... grimly humorous and sympathetic, a genuine book which should not be missed. Si, Si, When that excellent film of the Battle of the Somme was released for home consump tion, there were some knowing souls who had visions of a camera safely implanted in a ...

... second volume carries the story from the close of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 to the end of Haig's life. For many people the chief interest will lie in the seventy-five pages on the genesis and battle of Passchendaele. Broadly speaking, the causes which ...

... I Books of the Week I gg TWO WAR-BOOKS AND A NOVEL War Pictures IN The Battles of the Somme (Heinemann: 6s. net) Mr. Philip Gibbs, most graphic of war correspondents, decided to republish his despatches, hurriedly written in odd corners and to the tune ...