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... The Battle of the Somme. The great offensive in the West ha' made a good beginning and promises exceedingly well, but an operation meant to be prolonged cannot be judged on the results of the first day or two. Nor can the huge attack which has been launched ...
... GREAT BATTLE. I SPECIAL ACCOUNT. 'THE BIGGEST BRITISH OFFENSIVE. From Our Special Correspondent. BRITISH HEADQVARTERS, SATURDAY. At half-past 7 this morning a great battle began on a front of about 25 miles above and on both banks of tho Somme. Perhaps ...
... SOMME BATTLE PROGRESS. RAIDS IN LOOS SALIENT. 12.40 P.M.—Near Thiepval we made NEW RUSSIAN THRUST. a further slight advance and , captured a number of prisoners. . To the south of the La Baas& Canal, after a discharge of gas an-1 smoke, eve AUSTRIAN CENTRE ...
... organization in Europe. It has been said that Neuve Chapelle and Loco were the initiation of the new British ariniee • the battle s of the Somme has supremely prove d voluntger soldiers to be worthy of the most splendjd British traditions. In reply to a question ...
... The Second Week. The battle of the Somme, which flared up I again so fiercely on Friday, was relatively less violent on Saturday and yesterday, but the Allies , have continued to gain successes. Heavy rainfall again impeded the operations on Friday night ...
... the tactical links between the Armies been improved. In no point has this been more clearly demonstrated than in the battle of the Somme. A few days ago General Cherfils in the Echo de Paris published a German staff circular pointing out the great necessity ...
... two days —a quiet only in the sense that the activities are of a local character—we can regard the first stage of the battle of the Somme as definitely closed. You already know the result. On the north, as far down as Aveluy, below Anthuille, we hold two ...
... vexatiousness. Where did we Wrtn: Oh, near .4.lbat. Our objective was Mary's or some such place. • (It is evident that the Battle of the Somme is going to add some fresh household words to war vo_ . _ . . cabutary. Wipers, Plugsheet, Booloo, and Armintears ...
... see that the Unionist War Committee is taking an active interest in Mesopotamia. The absorbing interest of the great battles on the Somme and at Verdun, and of the Russian oilensives, should not lead us to forget that we have a large force of British and ...
... ND COUSINS KILLED. A notable instance of family patriotism is disclosed in the lists of officers who fallen in the battle of the Somme. The officers killed whose names published officially to-day include Captain IC. S. Ayre. Second Lieutenant O. W. Aye ...
... Prospects on 'the Somme. The storming of the village of Contalmaison on Tuesday night enabled Sea Hato, in a bulletin published on Wednesday, to review the progress made since the great offensive began in the region of the Somme. On a front of eight miles ...
... PARIS, JULY 20. An authoritative account of the first phases of the Battle of the Somme from July 1 to July 10 will be published in the French newspapers to-morrow. The semi-official description speaks in the following terms of the union between the French ...