... we not have saved much of that terrible outpouring of life and ended the War quicker The Battle of the Somme failed as a battle for a break-through. As a battle of attrition, which it became, its cost, oyer 600,000 British and French casualties against ...

... raised by the late Lord Feversham, and did its preliminary training at Duncomhe Park, won a great reputation at the Battle of the Somme, where its gallant commander fell. For thirteen years the Old Comrades have foregathered to renew war-time friendships ...

... Legion, at a Cenotaph service in Leeds yesterday. The service was held in commemoration of the 19th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, in which many Leeds soldiers made the supreme sacrifice and there was a big muster of ex-Servicemen. In a brief address ...

... Western Front with the 10th (Service) Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, and was with them during and after the battle of the Somme. I remember rightly,” writes a correspondent, he was Second-in-Command of that unit to Lieut.-Col. Slasher ’ Haynes—so ...

... that the idea of the tank originated 2,000 years ago, the weapon being mechanised for the first time in 1916 for the Battle of the Somme. ...

... captain and second in command of the Second Battalion. In September of that year he was wounded a third time, in the Battle of the Somme, but in May, 1917, he rejoined the Ist Battalion as temporary major and second in command. Lord Harewood then took a ...

... good deal of water (writes in the “ Morning Post”) has fowed under the bridges since then. The battle of the Somme now being fought is the greatest battle in the history of the world, both as regards the number of troops engaged, the casualties inflicted ...

... THE SOMME NOW AND 1916, PROGRESS MORE RAPID AND LESS COSTLY, London, Monday. It is interesting to compare the results of the recent fighting on the British and French fronte in the Somme ai’ea with those achieved in th© first battle of the Somme. From ...

... Front August 11th is published the Koelnische Volkszeitung ”: To-day the Kais°r -was with us. The groat battle on the Somme is not yet over, but the attacking strength of the Anglo- French forces has been broken on the unshakable bulwark of our soldiers ...

... village iii country. Nistjor Watson had been previously wounded in the battle of the Somme and only rejoined his battalion last April and was in command of his company at the battle of Nfessines. He was home on leave last month, when he was promoted ,temporary ...

... HITCH OVER BARNSLEY MEMORIAL SERVICE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) BARNSLEY, Wednesday. Many Barnsley men fell in tho battle of the Somme, and each year on a Sunday near July 1 a service is held in Locke Park. Usually members of tho local Territorials, British ...

... petitioner. In reply to a question about endearing terms used in the letter, he explained it was written just before the battle of the Somme, a lonely, wnrsick person to one who had given him much pleasure her letters, The President pointed out to the jury ...