... Heavy Fighting on the Somme. The battle of the Somme is now raging, on the I British front, with a violence which evidently exceeds all the previous stages of the fighting. The principal conflicts extend from Posieres, which is north of Contalmaken, to ...

... Mahomedan Power and her prestige as undisputed mistress of the sea. first peoples army is being smashed in the i raging battles on the Somme, while her internal strength s being broken by the heavy and by the terrible recollections which the fighters bring ...

... HIDING THE TRUTH FROM GERMANY. MISLEADING REPORTS OF SOMME BATTLE. It has been found necessary by both the British and French military authorities, on more occasions than can easily be remembered, to correct the deliberate misstatements and expose the ...

... in this line, our establishment on which will probably be regarded historically as closing the second phase of the Battle of the Somme. _ Incidentally. the enemy, behind the greater weight of artillery which he now posses, las made counter-attacks on ...

... neighbourhood for this battle. • 24 SQUARE MILES GAINED. In my dispatch of yesterday I suggested that the capture of Pozieres, when complete, would logically be regarded as concluding the second phase of the Battle of the Somme. We are now well established ...

... General L,ukin expressing their pride, admiration, and malefaction at the part played by the South Africans in the battle of the Somme._ —.— Under its extended powers of fixing prices the Australian Government has proclaimed that the prices charged for ...

... The Struggle on Both Fronts. I The battle of the Somme has not slackened, but its character has undergone a temporary modification. Just now the conflicts are more localized, and tend to resolve themselves into desperate struggles for particular patches ...

... closing the second ph..-•• the Battle of the Somme. The long lull followed the event seems to have justitiod the . conjecture. - Whether this new push forward s hould be regarded as the opening of a new phase itt the' battle, or whether it is only an entr'acte ...

... SIR DOUGLAS HAIG. SOME IMPRESSIONS. By a Recent Visitor to the War. When history relates ** the story of the great battles of the Somme, it will tell how Sir Douglas Haig and his Staff had their Headquarters in a* modest dwelling, pert of which was still ...

... right, immediately north of the Somme, but it cannot be too often explained that just now the French operations in this area depend very largely upon our own further advance. That fresh developments the battle of the Somme may still reveal we do not ! know ...

... the boats or the playing fields. Their heroism during the last few mein I never been equalled. except in this wur. battles of the Somme are not. of course, I 0 eseily-witnessed wa those which be been from the heights around Verdun. but they are a great ...

... FRONT LINE FILMS. OFFICIAL PICTURES OF BATTLES OF THE SOMME. For the fiat time shim the beginning of the war the public will be allowed to see, on the screen, an actual battle in progrefis between the British and the German forces. Under the direction ...