... progressed, four-fifths of the total number of divisions engaged on the Western front were thrown one after another into the Somme battle, some of them twice, and some three times; and towards the end of tho operations, when the weather unfortunately broke ...

... both flanks the Ulstermen were at the mercy of tne enemy, and had to retire to the third line of trenches. When the battle of the Somme takes its place in the story of this great war the deeds which the Ulster Division accomplished on Saturday last will ...

... to have been without result. When the battle opened on Thursday morning it was the Germans who attacked, not the British, and the line was Bazentin-Longucval-Delville Wood. This change in the definition of the battle line is full of significance. It is ...

... activity. The battle on the Somme was especially severe yesterday. A strong attack about 20 British and. French divisions, after an exceedingly violent artillery bombardment, was directed against the front between the An ere and the Somme. After a hot ...

... of the combat. the only ones who can spare time to relate their experiences whilst the battle is still being waged. One interesting feature of the battle of the Somme has been the return on some portions of the area—only a very temporary return, it is true ...

... SAMUELS Second-Lieutenant Chenevix J. H. Samuels, Royal Irish Rifles (South Antrim Volunteers), who was wounded m the battle of the Somme Ist July, is son jf Mr. J. O. Samuels, of Wihesden, Chester, who is a brother Mr. Arthur VV. Samuels. K.C., of the Irish ...

... 1915. His cousin, Second-Lieutenant J. S. M. Gage, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, is-missing since the opening of the battle of the- Somme Ist July last. BEGONDrUEUT. SAMUEL WAEING, Royal Irish Rifles, wounded on the Ist inst., is son of Air. Lucas Waring ...

... the Distinguished Service Order for gallantry and devotion to duty in the field. He took part in the opening of the Battle of the Somme Ist July last, when his battalion earned great distinction, the honours won this occasion including the Victoria Cross ...

... for the People, and on each occasion had res;»ond to an imperative encore. The. cinematograph .picture* included “The Battle of the Somme, ’ “Genral Sorrail in the East,” “Verdun To-day,” “Irish at tho Front,” “Canadian Troops,’’ “Egyptian Troops, ’ “What ...

... today says:— The battle of the Somme continues along the whole line. The British continued their attacks with special stubbornness near Ginchy, but without result. The French resumed their onsets their great attacking front south of the Somme, which in the ...

... British Headquarters in the Field, France, 24th September. This the eighty-sixth day since the opening of the great battle of the Somme. 'The only possible parallel with the fighting during this period which the world’s history has to oner is the superb ...

... Thecreatest artillery battle of the Somme ' ritill continues. It has spread to the 'irfjnt of the Ancre, and has increased south the Somme, especially both sides of Vermandovilliers. Our curtain fire between the Ancre and the Somme almost everywhere arrested ...