“THE OBAN TIMES” DIARY OF THE WAR. SECOND 'YEAR—49t2 WEEK. JULY 8
... 'YEAR—49t2 WEEK. JULY 8. Dispatches from the British Headquarters in France report further progress by our troops in the Battle of the Somme. A slight advance was made at Thiepval. and a number of Germans were captured. British raids to the south of La Bassee ...