... to have been without result. When the battle opened on Thursday morning it was the Germans who attacked, not the British, and the line was Bazentin-Longucval-Delville Wood. This change in the definition of the battle line is full of significance. It is ...

... iPress Association War Special.) Paris, Friday. semi-official statement issued last night says:— The first stage the battle of the Somme has come an end after continuing uninterruptedly for five days. To-day brought change in the situation of the Allies ...

... Association War Spsctai) The following telegram has been received from Mr. H. Warner Allen:— 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 ...

... 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 ...

... men, money, and ammunitions, so that their sacrifice should not be vain. The heroes of the Somme were inspired by their traditions, and the battle of the Somme would render it impossible to traduce the pluck and loyalty of Ulster for all time to come ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... British advance, have engaged German regiments which migh* otherwise have been shifted to the flankb our Ally. “-The battle of the Somme has emphatically demonstrated the British organisation be markedly superior in one very importac respect to that of ...

... at at oway the slothful Somme, most there is nd, yet a where we behold it friendly resque of into its yes. it swirl “into, sures ag ere lurks many a lusty fish. to create about the battle of the Somme. Our the fishi love the Somme they wash and the ba throom ...

... Officer’s Experiences. The following is from the pen of an Irish officer in on© of the regiments taking part in the battle of the Somme: The business of this push—or any other important phase of the war, for that matter —is too big for letters. It is too ...

... 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 ...

... fate of Private W. J. Smith, South Antrim Volunteers. He was a member C Company, and took part in the early stages the battle of the Somme. If any of his comrades should happen to read this and be able to throw any light on this matter they might kindly ...