... received. Arrangements are being made for an early issue of co(f_les of Field-Marshal Sir Don%l:s Haig’s dispatch on the Battle of the Somme to the troops in France The Secretary of H.M. Office of Works announces that the letter by Lord hitchener appealing ...

... part of both belligerent groups is that trench raids of an exactly similar character were the preliminaries of the battle of the Somme. It may be recalled that in the week before that great conflict the British troops carried out at least 70 raids along ...

... because the 'nature ‘of the ground. atferds. protection. The whole situation 1s typical of what occurred throughout the battle of the Somme, PR AL \ By a curious irony.of fate, it is not hills that have proved® strong positions, but places 1 the bottoms:of ...

... saved from drowning became deeply attached. Even in deaiu they were together. “1t Eappened.in the early days of the battle of the Somme. A poor little dog was flogting out 'in a, tributary of that river, struggling desperately to keep itselt from going ...

... by Mrs. eenan. His Lordship—No liquid fire or gas was used ? 2 . ..r Hanna—No, my lord (laughter). His Lordship—The battle of the Somme was a safe place in comparison with this (laughter). ? 3 From the evidence it appeared that graips were freely used ...

... the reasoning of the French expert commentator seems plausible. He connects the present retreat with the Battle of the Somme last year. On the Somme the German Armies were sorely pressed, an+ though they did not {lield a great extent of ground, still there ...

... on the victory of the Somme. He sayx:~lf the battle had not been cut into two by the bad weather it would shine forth in still more brilliaut colours as a gerfect type of modern battle, for it is ineed the battle of the Somme as conceived ...

... afterwards served per score : in France, where both were wounded in hcngltgg‘v.2M/s_r_c2=’h?‘?;-.!'hxio’:. L’Liahzl}gfg the battle of the Somme. One was sent doad bumfin‘olg;. to ‘2’B’-' Finnan haddoc' s t 0 a hospital at Norwich and the other 28;6:‘11::: lgu/%§ ...

... lines. Peronne and Bapaume were both being outflanked by the steady creep forward to bhe east of the British lines. The battle of the Somme taught the Germans that they were mot strong enough to keep back the British advance; that superiority in shell and ...

... front says :— It becomes banal to speak of the enemy losses. They exceed anything that can be reasonably imagined. The battle of the Somme cost the enemy 730,000 men hors de combat, according to exact statistics, : g’i}}at will this bloody defeat of Arras ...

... are practically all young men, 'who enlisted from a love of France and faith in the ]fustlce of the cause. Since the battle of the Somme it has heen found impossible to maintain the - Legion in France at the strength of two regiments, owing to the decline ...

... and thence across the Rhine. The retrograde German movement which began after the battle of the Somme had been fought and won has continued ever since, and the battles for Vimy Ridge and for Wytschaete have accelerated its pace. It 1s only a matter of ...