... tha battle of the Somme, if it to be successful for the Allies, must a long and alow affair. Loos and Neuve the British did brilliantly the beginning, and then failed to hold much of the captured ground when the enemy counter-attacked. the Somme both ...

... PARIS - July 4.— We were seat against and Deocinincourt. said a young colonial intimtrYinsn. who was wounded in the battle of the Somme. Things did, not drag. The dans] was given MI nine &cloak, and off we went. Two hours later we had Dontpierre and ...

... PRISONERS NOW TAKEN. The latest British and French official reports continue to record satisfactory progress in the great battle of the Somme, which began on Saturday. The Germans have launched desperate counterattacks on the new positions captured by our troops ...

... and there was brisk business in miscellaneous specialities. The Battle of the Somme. The official news which publish to-day of the continuance of the Anglo-French offensive in the Somme region may be regarded in some respects qualiiying the success of ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME: PROGRESS OF STRUGGLE, THE DEADLY GERMAN MACHINE-GUN. alma hml iarrented lb. eroding forward MI •deryanto supplies, oat food and drink. aad whoa the fault Mies many of the Gannet. in n mote of eatienie esh,tio.tlon I naked' ...

... further successes by THE ITALIANS. Progress the Battle of the Somme. Fighting in the battle that has developed north and south of the Somme continues be exceedingly keen, and the territorial progress made, particularly by the French, is quite satisfactory ...

... absence of any application for an adjournment on the part of the accused. WAR NOTES. The Great Battle on the Somme. Beware Peace! The great Battle of the Somme still goes very well for us, and it has certainly given the German higher command furiously ...

... if you regard it as an isolated operation. It is only part, though very important part, of a big concerted plan. The battle of the Somme has necessarily diverted public attention from Verdun, but the position there grows interesting, and may easily become ...

... the pressure upon Verdun. The Battle of the Somme, as the great fight of Saturday and Sunday will be known to history, was no isolated event. It was part of the plan of the Allied War Council, and, just as the naval battle off Jutland had its immediate ...

... influence of this battle of the Somme iitpon the general course the war. far that course is unchanged,, even at Verdun. There the Germans, defeated at the Thiaumont redoubt—the scene of one of the finest French achievements of the whole battle—made an attempt ...

... WORTHY OF MMTION. Up to the preeent the British and French in the Battle of the Somme have , Nsptnred some 10,000 or 11,000 prisoners. Up to Sunday afternoon, however, when the German official report was made up, the number was something lees than 9 ...

... through Press Bureau yesterday afternoon : the north of the Somme the enemy made attempt in the course of the night the positions which we had conquered and are organising. she south the Somme the fighting continued, with compkae success fox our arms, ...