... FRENCH ARMY'S FEATS. France, Thurs.—ln a detailed account of the brilliant operations of the French in the Battle of the Somme the special correspondent accredited to the French army says it had been planned that the French advance south of the Somrue ...

... and that they threw back a British detachment which attacked in the district of Esnsaye. We must not expect the battle of the Somme to cease until the Allies are short of munitions, and that contingency has not yet arisen. The war is no longer a matter ...

... of the Somme, French hand grenade attacks failed. At Vermandovillers and Chaulnes in air-fights yesterday and the day before six enemy aeroplanes were brought down on the Somme, and one machine was shot down in Champagne. FRANCE. THE SOMME BATTLE. (Press ...

... on the Somme continues to contain the elements of progress. If at the end of two months' s trenuous and ceaseless endeavour the British Army is able to win such a triumph as Guillemont, we are warranted in concluding that the battle of the Somme still ...

... SLOWER. (Press Association War Special.) A semi-official statement issued in Paris late on Tuesday night says:— The battle of the Somme, although hindered by a violent storm, is'proceediug with brilliant suocees for our lama. Tito advance of the trench ...

... completion of the capture of Posietvis by the British troops may be regarded as concluding tly second phase of the Battle of the Somme. Along this part of the line and further north tile Germans occupy a long ridge of ground which affords them peculiar ...

... that on and after to-day the price of the 41b. loaf will be 9d. In London the price is aid, and in Cardiff 1011. The Battle of the Somme, being official pictures of the British army in France, will be shown all this , week in the Masterpiece Theatre. The ...

... booty includes up to the present 36 guns, several hundred machine guns, and a great quantity of various material. The 'battle of the Somme is following since July 1 a slow, but sure, method, which consists in attacking the objective only after having buried ...

... African M. T.; Babe,. CAPT. GEORGE STANTON, M. 8., R.A.M.O , died on the 16th of August of wounds received in the battle of the Somme. A member of • well-known and respected Cork family. 2-Lt W. 8.. act. Merinos Ouse; Baker. Capt. E. A.. nu- , Frx: Bancroft ...

... to a bigger raid with Zeppelins, but no serious damage appears to have been done to life or property. Meanwhile the battle of the Somme continues, and the advantage appears to be still with the Franco-British attacking forties. The German communique yesterday ...

... , missing since Nov. 3, eldest son of Mr. H. Bentham, Rickliston Drive, Bloomfield, Belfast. He was wounded in the battle of the Somme. K.R.R.C.; King, 2-Lt. P. D. A., Sussex; Pye, Capt. F. J., R. Fus., attd. Gold Coast Regt.; Merrett, 2-Lt. A. E., Hants; ...

... advanced by bombk.f 101• of 13elloy en Santerre. IN, l4ll lClai. Thurs. — Front of Crown Prince ,„„, e ,cht.—lnthe battle on the Somme Ne„'lliery duel of great violence is pro- Repeated strong attacks have knoodily repulsed between Uinchy and % t he; ...