... THE BATTLE OP THE SOMME. ...

... with as on the Somme, and they have now entered at Verdun upon the filth month of the greatest and most costly battle the world has ever witnessed. The Italian. are attacking successfully' an along their front. The Kuehn's, too, are battling hard on their ...

... GREAT RESULTS IN FIVE DAYS. Park, Friday. The semi-official statement issued last night says;— The nrst stage of the battle of the Somme has come to an end, after continuing uninterruptedly for five days. To-day brought change in the situation of the Allies ...

... you felt those bandages must be all a mummery. Were these really wounded soldiers who had passed through the awful Battle of the Somme, or were they fellows dressed up to represent them ? There was an air of waggish unreality about the whole picture. ...

... MORE PRISONERS TAKEN. Satisfactory reports of tho battle of the Somme, which was stated to be raging violently, were again published from the British and French Headquarters Thursday. Th© British during Tuesday night, when heavy fighting continued in ...

... necessity, feel the tightening of the screw. Verdon, where the battle atill rages, the Crown Prince has sacrificed legions of men-500,000 least and has made no progress; no w the battle on the Somme makes bis position parlous in the extreme; on the Eastern ...

... ADVANCE. The Battle of the Somm© continued, according to Tuesday’s reports, to go in favour of the Allies, who had gained more ground and captured more prisoners. Dispatches from British Headquarters Monday aftemdon stated that the battle south of the ...

... drive notice of the Mi pplars modesty anc 1 gene- across the Vistula, but that the Triple En while it is said 11 at battle of the Somme tente was not overwhelmed and decisively been recognised, gre beaten in the first year of the war. ress two or three ...

... incursion through the German front, a form of attack singularly without permanent value and highly dangerous. ” The battle of the Somme emphatically demonstrates British organisation is markedly superior in one very important THE PRICE OF VICTORY. HEAVY ...

... movement . -They pushed their advance , capturing ins village of Caches , on the Somme . and so nave reached a point directly opposite to - Peronne , Xorth of the Somme there was ; on Saturday still a . difacult task-to carry-out before the first phase ...

... ALLIES. AIR RAID ON SOUTH-EAST COAST. TERRIBLE CONFLICTS ON RUSSIAN FRONT. Battle the Somme. During the xveek-end the British made considerable progress in the Battle of the Somme. Owing to very heavy rains, Friday night was spent chiefly in improving the ...

... guns, to which must be added 76 taken by the french. To sum up, the battle of the Somme is following a regular rhvthm of successive, methodical, prudent advances.—(P.A.) THE VERDUN BATTLE. OVER 2000 GERMAN GUNS IN ACTION. From Mr. H. WARNER ALLEN (Special ...