... grasp of the much-vaunted Brandenburghers. The capture of Pozieres logically concluded the second stage of the great Battle of the Somme; it definitely established the British on the line to which the second main *‘ push ’’ was directed. The ** Times ' ...

... had very fine weather when we know the Tu- have been thundering continuously. Take this week as an example. The great Battle of the Somme, in which the artillery work is unprecedented, has n'pd unceasingly ; yet we have had several rainless days in succession ...