... 'YEAR—49t2 WEEK. JULY 8. Dispatches from the British Headquarters in France report further progress by our troops in the Battle of the Somme. A slight advance was made at Thiepval. and a number of Germans were captured. British raids to the south of La Bassee ...

... positions have been captured west of Erzeram. JULY 154186, Further important British successes have been achieved in the Battle of the Somme. The Allied gains since the offensive began on July Ist are: - Villages taken, 20 prisoners captured. 10,000 by the ...