... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Map showing the principal points of attack of the French and British in the Battle of the ?Somme, including La Boiselle, which was captured by the British yesterday afte*noon. The thick line shows the position before the grand attack on Saturday morning ...

... 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 ...

... FIFTEEN FOE BALLOONS SET ON FIRE. (FRENCH OFFICIAL) With reference to the battle of the Somme, yesterday's French official also says : During the artillery actions preparatory to the offensive our aviators set on fire thirteen German captive balloons ...

... prisoners. DEJECTED GERMAN PRISONERS. Paris, Tuesday. Interviewed by the ‘“Petit Parisien,” one of the wounded in the battle of the Somme says: —Orders were well given. Never were the losses so slight. There were very few dead, and the wounded fewer than ...

... NOTES OF THE DAY. Opinion as to the probable outcome of the battle of the Somme must still halt indecisive. Much has been achieved, and all the correspondents bear testimony to the magnificent courage and persistence with which our men are fighting. But ...

... COUNTER ATTACKS. HEAVY FIGHTING. BRITISH TAKE 4,300 PRISONERS. Reports from tho British Hoadqnarters state that the battle ..rtli the Somme has proceeded our favour, although the 'miaivg has fluctuated about La 1;..i.-H'lle and south Thiepval. partially ...

... Nati4f the Ancre,. FRENCH THREAT TO PERONM. The news . of , the Battle of the Somme down to midnight showed that the progress of the British troops in the third day's fighting in the Somme ; Valley;; was slow but steady. They maintained all. their ground ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Fighting Proceeding in Allies' Favour. Progress Mide & New Positions Captured. Germans Retire in the Night. were captured by us in the course of these latest actions. According to information which has reached us, a have identified ...

... WOUNDED IN PARI9L PARIS, TVetdajr. A small convoy wounded from the battle of the Somme, numbering about 800 men, arrived in Paris last night, and the patients were distributed among five hospitals, including the magnificent American hospital at Neuilly ...