... THE WAR BATTLE OF THE SOMME. OVER 15,500 PRISONERS. PROGRESS NORTH AND SOUTH F THE RIVER. ...

... REGIMENT OF MVALRY. THE ECHO. WEDNESDAY: JULY 5. 1916. THE WAR. BATTLE OF THE SOMME. BBITHH PROGRESS. COMPLETE POSSESSION OF. L'A BOISELLE, GOOD V/ORK BY OUR AIRMEN. BRITISH FACED BY CERMANY»B BEST TROOPS. FRENCH TAKE TWO MORE VILLAGES. PRISONERS NOW ...

... PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1916 FIRST PHASE OF BATTLE FINISHED. Methodical Bombardment Begun Again. WE NAVE THE MEANS. PARIS. Friday.—Tho semi-offwial statement issued lam says:—The first the Battle of the Somme has coma to an end, after uninterruptedly ...

... FRENCH COLONIALS. INCIDENTS THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Tli3 following telegram has been received from H. Warner Allen, special dent ths British Press with the French Armies:— An officer who witnessed the battle,' of the Somme gwes the following account the ...

... BRITISH TASK. (TRESS ASSOCIATION WAR SPECIAL! PARIS, Wednesday. The semi-official statement issued last night says:— The battle of the Somme, although hindered by a violent storm to-day, is proceeding with brilliant, success fcr our arms. The advance of the ...

... and considerable loner were Inflicted the enemy. Armentieres, of course, is far to the 'meth of the scene of the Battle of the Somme, being just be- Mittel Lille. ...

... [Semi-Official Review.] Paris, Thursday night. Tiie first stage of the battle of the Somme lias come end after continuing uninterruptedly for five days. Yesterday brought change in the .situation of tho Allies. In the British sector the methodical bombardment ...

... .oven dere et Pl.mouth Inn • breach of the .Leo order —Twit& Wet Rut*. A MAGNIFICENT OPENING. French View of the Battle of the Somme. SURE FROMM. Consolidating Victory► as We Go. PARIS, Monday.—The semiolleial Gestalten , issued last night says:— The ...

... OUR GAINS HELD. Huns' Fears for Peronne. Paris, Wednesday. A semi-official statement issued las! night says : The battle of the Somme, although ' hindered by violent storm to-day, proceeding with brilliant success for our arms. The advance of the French ...

... Russians in In the battle of the Somme the British are opposed with the same desperation, bat, in the wotds of Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, have béen able to make ‘‘ further progress at certain im- portant points.” From the Ancre to the Semme the battle raged at close ...

... —the only ones who can spare time relate their experiences whiijt the, battle is still being waged. HIGH EXPLOSIVES AND SHRAPNEL. One interesting feature of the battle of the .Somme has been the return in some portions of the area, only a very temporary ...

... numbers taken during events on the Somme. A BRILLIANT SUCCESS.” VILLAGES CAPTURED. TEN BATTERIES AMONG THE BOOTY. FRENCH ONLY THREE MILES FROM PERONNE. [Semi-Official Review. | Paha, Wednesday. The battle of the Somme, although hindered violent to-day ...