... Matsment ia to the. effect that on the left wing the battle haa continued with marked program on their part, on a very font, between the sad the Somme. sad to the north of the Somme. From the Oise to the Somme the Germans have delivered some violent attacks ...

... GREAT BATTLE ON THE SOMME. ALLIES' TURNING MOVEMENT PROCEEDING. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS. ...

... FROM °THE TIMES ° OF TO-DAY. my wrni ESOMIXTO2B Q TM/ TIMIS.) THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The great offensive in the West, says rA, Tiers, bee nude a food beginning, and proemial* asosedingly well, but an operate= resat to be prolonged cannot be judged on ...

... rnan ofbcera, when raptured, have ahown a arrogance, and have pretended to be. in ultimate victory, but since the battle • el the Somme they no longer protest , to have ,onMence in the defeat of the Allies. AP a r ule they refrain from boasting. and are ...

... first week of battle its incidents; but the broad results emerge clearly. After a week of desperate and ' bitter fighting the initial objective—the ' German first position—has been everywhere gained on the front from Thiepval to the Somme; and it has been ...

... inclemency of the weather, made further notable progrees on the Somme yesterday. After the cabin of the day before the French troops again went into action the extreme left wing north of the Somme, In the sector where occurs our junction with the British foyers ...

... also expressed their admiration of the heroism of the Down regiments which formed part of the Ulster Division in the battle of the Somme, and of the heroism: of Down men serving in other units. They ezpressed sympathy with the sick and wounded and with ...

... On the Somme. The terms of Sir Douglas Haig's reports yesterday suggest that we have reached the crisis in the battle of the Somme. His troops have now penetrated once more into the enemy's third line—this time with intent to remain—and the Germans, fully ...

... newspapers an appeal to the German people which is evidently of official origin. In it the public is told that tho battle on the Somme now exceeds all imagining, and that now is the hour for the German people to show what they are worth. It declares ...

... Verdun. The temporary lull in the battle of the Somme brings the action before Verdun into view again at a significant moment. Sins the Allied offensive on the Somme began the Germans have maintained a of intermittent attacks before Verdun. As the progress ...

... CONFIDENCE IN THE WEST. What fresh developments, says The ON) battle of the Somme may still reveal we do not know, but we are consinced that the nation reposes complete confidence in the judgment and in the of Sir Douglas Haig. He has shown us how may ...

... MS OF THE SOMME BATTLE. A private exhibition of official films of the battle of the Somme, at the Scala Theatre, London, yesterday, attended by ninny members of the Army General Staff. Mr. Lloyd George wrote—' The battle of the ...