... recent telegrams, le a very important one, and ita oapture by t►s British is one of the outstanding incidents of the Battle of the Somme. The village stands the summit of a small plateau, and is a vantage point for artillery fire on neighbouring positions ...

... organisation in Europe. It haA been said that Neuve Chapelle and Loos were the initiation of the new British armies. The battle of the Somme has supremely proved our volunteer soldiers to be worthy of the most splendid British traditions. Spectacular Spurts ...

... BRITISH PROGRESS IN EAST. AFRICA. 718 day of the war. 20th day of the battle of the Somme. Wednesday. This evening's British communique orsialat the pleasing intelligence that the most of the ground lost at Longueval and in Delville Wood has been regained ...

... have cleared v 'ro n e P the Somme. and are now at the jH °*. Peronne. It is said that they s of v Hlage of Flaucourt without the Ist a man. If this be true, then we pine that the Germans had with- r °ops from south of the Somme t}j tr > withstand the British ...

... chapter, she has the knowledge that only a portion of the entire strength of the Allies has been tapped this memorable battle on the Somme. The offensive has been such eye-opener to the enemy that very material alterations will doubtless be made upon his ...

... wounded.~P.A. War Special. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME - JjIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR DAYS. British Headquarters, Saturday. At .half-past seven this morning great 1 battle began on a front of about 25 miles and on both banks of the Somme. Perhapf £ will be known in ...

... with as on the Somme, and they have now entered at Verdun upon the filth month of the greatest and most costly battle the world has ever witnessed. The Italian. are attacking successfully' an along their front. The Kuehn's, too, are battling hard on their ...

... round through a knot of ruined villages, returning from observation post,’ from which I had been watching this glorious battle of the Somme, came,’ says Lord Ksher, upon the familiar kilts and some familiar faces of a battalion of the Black Watch. After all ...

... Archbishop of York. The Archbishop and Our Boys. The Archbishop went on to remind the Lords that at the present time the battle of the Somme was reminding what splendid material these boys would have been if only they had received for however short a time an ...

... Mr H. Warner Allen, special correspondent the British piiess with the French armies:— An officer who witnessed the battle of the Somme gives the following account of the first day's operations:— The result of the first day's fighting was that the' chosen ...

... combat —the only ones who can spare time to relate their experi cnces —whilst the battle is still being waged. Field Warfare. One interesting feature the battle of the Somme has been the return in some portions of the area —only a very temporary return, ...

... are killing the drones already—a sure sign • that there is a shortage of honey. Bees can't 1 out in wet weather. The Battle of the Somme is going to add some fresh _ words to our war vocabulary. Wipers is a veteran by this time; Plugstreet and ...