... leaves no children. that the great now begun ehould. for histori It is suggested ‘al purposes, be described as the “ Battle of the Somme.” The General Manager of the Leeds Gas Works re- There is a marked lull in theatrical activ ity in ports that there ...

... description of the fight for ey Disease. SclATiOA. Kies post trom cabs ICLNE KEEP Fit ON YORKSHIRE OFFICERS IN THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. THE BEREAVEMENT OF THE VICAR OF LEEDS. Much will be extended to the Rev. Dr. Bickersteth, Vicar of Leeds, and Mrs. ...

... GERMAN CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVY. THE ENEMY SHELL VERDUN CATH RAL SRE ‘battle of the Somme still goes well for the Allies. There has Been. beavy on the British lines, but with- > @at saecess, Sir Douglas Haig reports that the enemy losses fie these ...

... BRITISH RESUME POUNDING OF GERMAN LINE, Paris, Friday A statement, issued last says :-— The first stage of the battle of the Somme has come to an end, after continuing uninterruptedly for five days. To-day brought no change in the situation of the Allies ...

... resumption of the offensive by the British from Thiepval to the point where they link up with the French forces. Before the battle of the Somme can pureue its victorious course it is important that our advance, which was slower in the British sector and speedier ...

... BALLOONS ATTACKED AT RANGE OF FIFTY YARDS. British Headquarters in the Field, France, Saturday. When the history of the Battle of the Somme comes to be written in its true perspective, 1 think it will be found that one of the most brilliant facets in this ...

... A ROM IN THR KAT “We had plenty of fun bombing.” a soldier who was in the battle of the Somme says. “One of our chaps was chasing a bunch of them down a communi- cation trench. He had a bomb in his hand, but He couldn't wait, so he let couldn't get the ...

... Lane, formerly of the Arms, arrison Street, Leeds. Private Dent, who was only 21 years of age, severe wounds in the battle of the Somme last week. was a member of the Leeds Pals Battalion, ard received He died in the hospital train on the way to Glasgow ...

... WOUNDS IN THE SOMME BATTLE MACHINE-GUN INJURIES HEAL MORE It seems certain the British Medica! that the proportion of light to serious cases among the wounded in the battle of the Somme has bean large, while even among tho more severe the prognosis is ...

... other 6 capital ships. ips. @ 158,520 tona. MILITARY. On the Russian Front In the Trentino In front of Verdun Tn the Battle of the Somme. Elsewhere on al! ronts . . 130,000 80,000 60,000 The maps show how coneiderable has been the loss of territory, especially ...

... military honours at Holbeck Cemetery this afternoon. Pte. Clarkson, who was ovly 17 years of age, was wounded in the battle of the Somme on July 1, an he succumbed to’ his injuries in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. The dead soldier was 3 member of ...

... AN ¥V COM Ds THE BRITISH GAVALR Our Cavalry Corps, who have just had a chance in the battle of the Somme, is conimanded by Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, member of an East Anglian family, who has held his position since the start of the campaign. For ...