... trench-warfare-and of the life of the billets , and works iipto , z climax in impressive pictures of the . fighting in- the battle of the Somme , ending abruptly enough , yet in . no sense illpgically , when , the central figure is wounded and put out of action ...

... front on August 11 th is published by . . the Kolnische Volkszcibwng : — ' To-day , the Kaiser was with us . Tho great battle on the Somme is not yet over , but the attacking strength of the Anglo-French forces has beeiv broken oo the unshakeable bulwark ...

... The victory of the Somme had been won because during ei ghteen months they had prepared and organised victory , and brought the whole Empire as one vast machine of war to bear in the twelve miles of > attle in the victory of the Somme . ( Applause . ) There ...

... conclusions on the victory of the Somme . He says : —If the battle ' had not been cut into two by bad weather it would shine forth in still more brilliant colours as the perfect type of modern battlefor it is , indeedthe ' Battle of the Sommo as conceived by ...

... President Wilson ' R action . There is published on pages 9 and 10 the full text of Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch . > on the Battle o | the Somme . The-results attained have , ho says , brought us a long step forward towards the fin ' ai vietorv of the Allied ...

... Crown Prince of Bavaria , in the course of an interview with tho correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt concerning the Battle of the Somme , said that the enemy had won some ground , but there was no question of a decision having been reached . Ho dwelt ...

... Ulster Division . — Yesterday being . the second anniversary of the charge of the Ulster Division at' the opening Battle of the - Somme , wreaths wore placed in front of Belfast City Hall by tho Lady Mayoress and other ladies in memory of men who lost ...

... the Scottish : i FOE FOREI . ,- -. • - ' ' ESTABLISH ¦ ' ¦ SCOTTISH FEDERATION Q ' . . ' • .-. WO 3 XEVS SUM THE BATTLE OP THE . SOMME . THE ¦ AT THE ABBAYE DE HOYAUttOKT ,-.. UNDER ED TO 400 BEDS .- ; v __ ., t- - ' ' 'SP'TAL OF 300 . BEDS , -UNDER ...

... , London , formerly of Abbboath , who was . repotted missing since 1 st- July 1916 , the opening day of the first Battle ' of the Somme , is now othcially reported presumed to have been killed in action on that date . Lt . Brown in civilian Jifo was employed ...

... great intensity upon the Vaux position . . • . Tho German retreat at Verdun is a direct and unmistakable result of tho Battle of tho Somme , a conflict the effects of which continue to be visible in every campaigning area in Europe . We are by no means at ...

... . Poincaro laid two palm sprays beforo , tho monuments to tho British and French soldiers who were killed in the Battle ot . the . Somme , detachments of British and French troops presenting arms as he did so . At a reception at tho Hotel do Ville the ...

... HEARD IN HOLLAND . . : ¦' ¦ . ' - . ' ¦ \ ¦ ¦ -. • -.. ' • Amsterdam , September 26 . .. / The sound of tho terrific battle ba the Somme has penetrated even , 'W Holland . Tlie SUuilie HfilUrda . machepoy . rani publishes a letter from , the south of the ...