... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. BRITISH CONSOLIDATE LA BOISSELLE. German Defeat at ThiepvaL ...

... .THE SOMME BATTLE STERN TASK OF BRITISH. FORMIDABLE COUNTER- ATTACKS. FRENCH TARE 9 VILLAGES. TOTAL SENSES 07 CAPTITO. 13,011. (Peen Amociation War Special.) PARIS. Wednesday.— t setni-ofFicial stete nest lensed last greens& •syr:— The Battle of Om Somme ...

... SLOWER. (Press Association War Special.) A semi-official statement issued in Paris late on Tuesday night says:— The battle of the Somme, although hindered by a violent storm, is'proceediug with brilliant suocees for our lama. Tito advance of the trench ...

... Association War Spsctai) The following telegram has been received from Mr. H. Warner Allen:— An officer who witnessed the battle of the Somme gives the following account of the first day’s operations. The result of the first day’s fighting was that the chosen ...

... THE BATTLE. FRENCH FORWARD SPRING. CRITICAL 1101IE11T DESCRIBER. The following telegram has been received Mlllll Sir Horner Allen. special cormgrolideut of the British Press with the French armies:— An officer who witasesed IM battle of the Somme given ...

... HOME LETTERS. EFFECT OF BRITIAN SHELL 411 E. (From J. D. Irvin. Our Special PRESS CAMP, July 4.—The crag clash of the Battle of the Somme has parsed, but the, work of the British Army has only heron. While consolidating the pneition, we have won, we are ...

... %nere is 45 officers:in the stsu gg l . n o rth of tha Somme. IS ; will. if pushed through, citable them to papers contained all the information find Si,7 men. On the front on both side: of the Somme heavy fighting; will rende r possilde the enlargement ...

... 6, 1916. Hie Battle of the Somme. THE DASS TBS FRENCH ARMY. The following telegram has been received from Mr. H. Warner Alien, special correspondent the British Press with the TVench armies:— An officer who witnessed the battle the Somme gives the following ...

... of the combat. the only ones who can spare time to relate their experiences whilst the battle is still being waged. One interesting feature of the battle of the Somme has been the return on some portions of the area—only a very temporary return, it is true ...

... N WAR SPFCUL. Paris, Wednesday I /r* The French semi official statement issued last | « evening says : | 1. *1 The Battle of the Somme, although hindered i ' by a violent storm today, proceeding with I | |j mi •; Vi\ h' K. ¥ Vf m brilliant success for ...

... whole German second position to the south of the Somme now in our power, on front of about ten kilometres. Paris, Wednesday. semi-oflicial statement issued last evening says:— 'Hie battle of the Somme, although hindered by violent storm to-day, is proceeding ...

... the battle of the Somme continues to be satisfactory. Up to date the British have taken over 6,000 prisoners and the French more than 0,000. Heavy fighting continued throughout Tuesday night on the British front in the region of the Ancre and Somme. Two ...