... The Battle of the Somme. The great offensive in the West ha' made a good beginning and promises exceedingly well, but an operation meant to be prolonged cannot be judged on the results of the first day or two. Nor can the huge attack which has been launched ...

... ND COUSINS KILLED. A notable instance of family patriotism is disclosed in the lists of officers who fallen in the battle of the Somme. The officers killed whose names published officially to-day include Captain IC. S. Ayre. Second Lieutenant O. W. Aye ...

... GREAT BATTLE. I SPECIAL ACCOUNT. 'THE BIGGEST BRITISH OFFENSIVE. From Our Special Correspondent. BRITISH HEADQVARTERS, SATURDAY. At half-past 7 this morning a great battle began on a front of about 25 miles above and on both banks of tho Somme. Perhaps ...

... organization in Europe. It has been said that Neuve Chapelle and Loco were the initiation of the new British ariniee • the battle s of the Somme has supremely prove d voluntger soldiers to be worthy of the most splendjd British traditions. In reply to a question ...

... Prospects on 'the Somme. The storming of the village of Contalmaison on Tuesday night enabled Sea Hato, in a bulletin published on Wednesday, to review the progress made since the great offensive began in the region of the Somme. On a front of eight miles ...

... PARIS, JULY 20. An authoritative account of the first phases of the Battle of the Somme from July 1 to July 10 will be published in the French newspapers to-morrow. The semi-official description speaks in the following terms of the union between the French ...

... Heavy Fighting on the Somme. The battle of the Somme is now raging, on the I British front, with a violence which evidently exceeds all the previous stages of the fighting. The principal conflicts extend from Posieres, which is north of Contalmaken, to ...

... General L,ukin expressing their pride, admiration, and malefaction at the part played by the South Africans in the battle of the Somme._ —.— Under its extended powers of fixing prices the Australian Government has proclaimed that the prices charged for ...

... HIDING THE TRUTH FROM GERMANY. MISLEADING REPORTS OF SOMME BATTLE. It has been found necessary by both the British and French military authorities, on more occasions than can easily be remembered, to correct the deliberate misstatements and expose the ...

... SOMME BATTLE PROGRESS. RAIDS IN LOOS SALIENT. 12.40 P.M.—Near Thiepval we made NEW RUSSIAN THRUST. a further slight advance and , captured a number of prisoners. . To the south of the La Baas& Canal, after a discharge of gas an-1 smoke, eve AUSTRIAN CENTRE ...

... vexatiousness. Where did we Wrtn: Oh, near .4.lbat. Our objective was Mary's or some such place. • (It is evident that the Battle of the Somme is going to add some fresh household words to war vo_ . _ . . cabutary. Wipers, Plugsheet, Booloo, and Armintears ...

... two days —a quiet only in the sense that the activities are of a local character—we can regard the first stage of the battle of the Somme as definitely closed. You already know the result. On the north, as far down as Aveluy, below Anthuille, we hold two ...