... and natrnas it swirl and eddy Into buck• waters when lurks many a lusty bib. one forgets all about the battle of the somme. Our Tummies love the Somme; they wash and. bathe in it daily. It the bathroom of British Army. whether going to ur returning I from ...

... a distance of some seven miles. The reason for what may be called the lack incident is simple. The battle of the Somme north of the river has undergone a change in the character of the fighting. It has become more concentrated. Several correspondents ...

... 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 ...

... County Antrim Monday, referred to the great gallantry which had distinguished the troops from Ulster in tho fighting battles of the Somme, and hie observations, applicable to the County of Antrim as they were, were in a special manner applicable also to ...

... 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 ...

... men who arrived at the hospitals in Belfast on Saturday night and early Sunday morning were actually wounded in the battle of tho Somme the previous Tuesday. Such rapid transference of patients from the lighting line to the hospitals home has never occurred ...

... dreamland, and in blissful forgetfulness of the carnage and frightfulness of the war in general and in particular of the battle of the Somme, in which the majority received their wounds. The following men made up the Lisburn party:— Private Win. M'Gettigan ...

... correspondent of the West* tainfiter Gaaette” writes: —The capture Pozieres one of the most significant events in the battle of the Somme, and may prove decisive. Both Pozieres and Longueval command main roads converging upon the Foureaux Wood, crossroad ...

... COUNTY ARMAGH. POBTADOWN. In the battle of the Somme Portadown suffered heavily. the casualties amounting to well over 100. Up to the present 30 men are TO. Ported to been killed or died of wound , . .80 wounded. and 3 missing. making a total of The following ...

... (Central Nene Telegram ) PARIS. Friday.—after some of the grimmest fighting that has worked the whole course of the battle on the Somme front, the British., comprising the Scottish, South African. and: Territorial troops. bare driven the famous, Brandenburgers ...

... slothful Somme, most sluggish ami, yet from where we behold most picturesque of rivers. As one into its deep and silent pools and watches it swirl and eddy into backwaters where lurks many lusty fish, one forgets all about the battle of the Somme. Our Tommies ...

... of Antrim, had referred to the great gallantry which had distinguished the troops from Ulster in the fighting on the battle of the Somme. His observations, applicable to the County of Antrim as they were, were in special manner applicable also to the citizens ...