... DESPERATE FIGHTING FOR TRONES WOOD. GERMAN SIXTH ATTACK SUCCEEDS. FURTHER SUCCESSES BY BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS. Battle of the Somme. There has been on British front particularly severe fighting the Trones Wood. Saturday morning our troops succeeded ...

... Jellicoe's dispatch on the Battle of Jutland was leaned yesterday by the Admiralty. It shows that the Germans suffered much more heavily than our Fleet, that they endeavoured to avoid coming to close quarters with our battle squadrons, awl that what was ...

... 1916. A Cheering Prospect. The capture of Contalraaison by fearless assault marks the close the first 6tage of the Battle of the Somme. In the tea days of almost continuous fighting the Franco-British forces have achieved important successes, the strategical ...

... PTE. ALEX. LOWDON. Pte. Alex. Lowdon, Bth Battalion Gordon Highlanders, was killed in action at the battle of the Somme on 2nd July. He had been at the front for a year and a half, •was cyanided at Neuve Chapelle, and his last furlough in December. Pte ...

... SHARP INFANTRY, FIGHTING ON THE BRITISH FRONT. INTENSE ARTILLERY FIRE AT VERDUN. STUBBORN CONFLICTS IN EASTERN GALICIA. Battle of the Somme. During Wednesday night fighting continued at various parts of the British front, but there was no change in the situation ...

... TUESDAY. Battle of the Somme. There has been on the British front particularly severe fighting at the Trones Wood. On Saturday morning our troops succeeded in capturing the southern end of the wood, and the enemy has since made five violent counter-attacks ...

... of every are finding out that the country is not all aready. How There Are So Many' Wounded. the fourth day of the Battle of the Somme the Commander-in-Chief issued appreciation of the medical services on the field. It seem* certain that the proportion ...

... THL BANITSBIRE HERALD The War Day by Day. MONDAY In spite of bad weather, there was much fierce fighting in the Battle of the Somme during the At the junction A their lines the British and French. attacking simultaneou.sly. fresh sac-trews. In the Italian ...

... and the other at Glenbirry. Buckie Gordon Killed.—Pte. Alez.Lowden, Gordon High Linden. was killed in action at the battle of the Somme on tad July. He had been at the frost for a year and half. was wounded At Naive Chapelle. and his last furlough was ...

... SHOWERS IRON CROSSES. Kaiser's Activities in the Somme Sector. Amsterdam, Monday. According official telegram from Berlin, the Kaiser is at present the battle on the Somme, where he has received report* from the Commander-itvChief of the Army, coinversed ...

... KAISER ON THE SOMME FRONT. IRON CROSS DISTRIBUTION Amsterdam. Monday. According to official telegram from Berlin, the Kaiser present tb« battle sector on Somme, where report® from Commander-in-Chief the Army, conversed with the Chief of the H;aff, vkited ...

... determination. For the first time since the offensive began the French afternoon communique made no mention of the Battle of the Somme. It. reports ' that to the north of the Aisne the Germans I made two frontal attacks, which were repulsed by machine ...