... of the combat. the only ones who can spare time to relate their experiences whilst the battle is still being waged. One interesting feature of the battle of the Somme has been the return on some portions of the area—only a very temporary return, it is true ...

... SAMUELS Second-Lieutenant Chenevix J. H. Samuels, Royal Irish Rifles (South Antrim Volunteers), who was wounded m the battle of the Somme Ist July, is son jf Mr. J. O. Samuels, of Wihesden, Chester, who is a brother Mr. Arthur VV. Samuels. K.C., of the Irish ...

... N WAR SPFCUL. Paris, Wednesday I /r* The French semi official statement issued last | « evening says : | 1. *1 The Battle of the Somme, although hindered i ' by a violent storm today, proceeding with I | |j mi •; Vi\ h' K. ¥ Vf m brilliant success for ...

... To sum up, the battle of the Somme is follow* ing a regular rhythm successive, methodical, prudent advances. LEEDS BUSINESS BATTALION. More Heavy Casualties. The Leeds Business Men's Battalion has suffered very heavily in tho recent .Somme fighting. Besides ...

... the change which had thereby been brought about in the relative positions of the opposing forces. When the battle ol the Somme began the battle line ran roughly north and south. As the result of the first ten days’ fighting the British gained possession ...

... Stage of Oreat Battle Completed. STRUGGLE WHICH WILL LAc,T MONTHS IF NECESSARY. Paris, Friday. The semi-official statement issued last night says:— To-day brought no change in the situation. The first stage of the Battle of the Somme has come to an ...

... now in our hands.” It is, of course, a mere spisode in the battle the Somme, the storming and the capture of this little village. But it is flushed with the grandeur of a hard-won battle, a battle that in any war but this might reckoned of first-class importance ...

... and there was brisk business in miscellaneous specialities. The Battle of the Somme. The official news which publish to-day of the continuance of the Anglo-French offensive in the Somme region may be regarded in some respects qualiiying the success of ...

... Church are (lying at half-mast tribute of rcsjM-ct to the memory of tho heroes of the Ulster Division who fell in the battle of the Somme. addition the names already published tile follow ing casualties have been nothin.i;— Best. Private Thos,, Montague ...

... already the wonderful successes of the Russian offensive, the reverse to the Austrians in the Trentino, and in the battle of the Somme. To use Mr. Lloyd George’s expression, the whole complexion of the landscape of the war has thereby been changed. The ...

... Antrim on Monday, referred to the great gallantry which has distinguished the troops from Ulster in the fighting at. the battles of the Somme, and his observations, applicable to the county of Antrim as they were, are in a special manner applicable also the ...

... admiration of the self-sacrificing heroism of the County Down regiments, forming part of the Ulster Division, in the battles of the Somme, and also that of the County Down men serving in many other units. We desire to express our deep syra? thy with the ...