... Results A Reluctant Admission. Paris, Friday. The semi-orricial statement issued last night says The first stage 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 ...

... the present disastrous muddle the result of effort tra.nsla.te tins peculiar theory into action.— The Globe. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. What We are Fighting for. The value Pozneres for us that its possession 'would enable to dominate the plateau of Thiep-vaL ...

... 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 ...

... THE WAR BATTLE OF THE SOMME. GREAT BRITISH ADVANCE. ERMAN SECOND LINE SMASHED FOR FOUR WILES. HREE VILLAGES TAKE The second stage of the eonilict began dawn on Vriday—the fourteenth day of the battle—when Sir Douglas Haig attacked the enemy's second lines ...

... resumption of offensive by the Mints from Thiepval tint point ebere they link op aritk the French fortes. Before the Battle of the Somme cep pursue its sieteriour ceurse, it important that our advents), •Fich was slower in the British sector and speedier ...

... front''between the Ancre and the Somme. Colonel X in the Journal. writes: After six days of battle there not much more to said regarding the differences between conditions of conflict the two banks of the Somme. The British advantage has little ...

... work. The new soldier is as good.at this as he is at nd steel on Germans when his wing the rifle ai reports of the battle of the Somme). is up (see While Maj. Astor is on the warlike side of the piten's business, Mr. Shirley Benn pursues his for course ...

... grasp of the much-vaunted Brandenburghers. The capture of Pozieres logically concluded the second stage of the great Battle of the Somme; it definitely established the British on the line to which the second main *‘ push ’’ was directed. The ** Times ' ...

... man-power is the deciding factor and will crush Germany. Kaiser Busy on the Somme According to an official telegram from Berlin the Kaiser is at present in the battle sector the Somme, where he has received reports from the Commander in Chief of the Army, ...

... every yard of this ‘had been fortified to the utmost extent which German ingenuity could devise. The battle of the Somme has been compared with the battle of Verdun, and the British in one month have made twice or thrice the progress which the Germans were ...

... 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 ...