... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. GERMAN SURPRISE ATTACK. ATTACKERS DRIVEN OUT. London, July 16.—Paris: A communique says :—South of the Somme last night the Germans under cover of fog crept along the canal and violently attacked and captured by surprise La Maisonette ...

... NEWS VIA SIMLA. BATTLE OF THE SOMME. PROBABLE DURATION OF MONTHS. Simla, July 10.—The following telegram, dated the 7th instant, has been received from the Secretary of State by the Viceroy : The first stage in the battla of the Somme has come to an end ...

... ALLIES' SUPERIORITY. The course of the war has been pro- foundly influenced by the events of the past three weeks. The battle of the Somme has proved that the lines held by the Germans cannot resist the onset of efficient troops. It has also proved that the ...

... suffered 150 casualties, exprisoners who were brought 'Jack, , 11(10 ND STAGE OF THE BATTLE. 14 °ndon, July 7.—PariB : The first ~,- „ c a, ,ge of the battle of the Somme has and the second begun,at least on the oft ilt ish sector, where, according to a ...

... impression on the new front, and have not checked the British methodical and dogged offensive. The German comments on the battle of the Somme show that Germany is beginning to realise she had miscalculated the potential strength of Great Britain as a military ...

... moral or reserve of the French army. It is hardly perhaps to be wondered at, then, that the German comments on the battle of the Somme show that Germany is beginning to realise she had miscalculated the potential strength of Great Britain. If events ...