... Turning Tide of War, said that assuming that, according to one estimate, there were 122 German divisions during the battle of the Somme, the French and ourselves had defeated something like a half of the total German forces, or something like a million ...

... THE GAINS ON THE SOMME. AN AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT. An authoritative account of the Battle of the Somme, which was to appear in the Paris newspapers on September 28, rays : At the time of the commencement of the Somme offensive the German defensive lines ...

... during the six months between Avocourt and Eix. _ _ The account proceeds :--The battle of the Somme has destroyed the (3:!rman will to conquer before Verdun. As the Somme bittle has developed the German attacks Aan Verdun have become weaker and weaker ...

... occupation and holding of these two plateaux constitute, as far as our Allies are concerned, the first phase of the Battle of the Somme. The chief point to be noticed about it is that it has always, in conjunction with the English advance, radiated outwards ...

... transferred from the Somme to the Eastern front was recalled as soon as it got there, while another which had been ordered to the East was rushed back before it had got half-way on its journey. At the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, from July 1 to ...

... fresh from Lille, which they have been holding since September, 1914, and that is the last division to be put into this Battle of the Somme. A small English lad says some of them were giants. They looked enormously big to him, in those moments of excitemnt ...

... second Loos, and the third the Somme. In each one of these we acquired knowledge which has been invaluable. But of all the lessons which we have learned the greatest ha s been that which we have learned from the battle of the Somme. The Army in France has been ...

... FRANCE. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PAR!, Oci. /1). We speak about the battle of the Somme as we spoke for long months about the battle of Verdun, which still continues feebly lik e a dying fire. The great ...

... THE SOMME ADVANCE. VALUE OF OUR GAINS. A well-informed source has supplied the Home press with what follows , ::—To see how much we have gained in the way of tactical position by the first thre, months of the Battle of the Somme, one must look at ...

... BIG BATTLE ON THE SOMME. FURIOUS ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACK. SMALL GAINS FOR HEAVY LOSSES. ENEMY'S POWERFUL •EFFORT. London, Nov. 76 —Paris: Last night's communique said :—A furious battle continued all day on the Somme front. The enemy attempted a powerful ...

... Lincoln. It was quite satisfactory, and after further important trials it was despatched for the critical work of the battle of the Somme. When history comes to record the war of 1916 it will probably write large • the name of Lincoln, says its newspaper ...

... TUE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. For several days the situation has undergone but little change either on the north or on the south of the Somme. All that an be said is that the battle front of the Allies oreepts forward. The progress that has been made mikes ...