... THE WEEK-END AND AFTER. Tlll‘] BATTLE OF THE SOMME, or, as it may come to be called, the Battle of Péronne, in which our armies took a successful and very glorious part, is possibly only the first operation in a very much larger offensive than has vet ...

... 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 ...

... Soldiers’ Own Stories of Thrilling Incidents in the Battle the Somme. We here give soldiers’ own stories of the “Great Push.” They bring home to readers the various phases of the battle of the Somme and show what our splendid fighting men are “up against ...

... TAKEN WITHOUT LOSS OF SINGLE LIFE. (French Paris, Wednesday. A semi-official statement issued last night says : The battle of the Somme, although hindered by a violent storm to-day, is proceeding with brilliant success for our arms. The advance of the ...

... days (a quiet only in the sense that the activities are of • 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 SA Aveluy below Athuilk, we hold two slices ...

... public) free H SAXE WYNDHAU, Sec Tel. Central 4459. TUESDAY, July 11, 1916. THE PURPOSE OF IT. So far as the great battle od the Somme has goDe preseat the Allies have much reason to congratulate themselves on the progress made, but even more on the effect ...

... 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 ...

... proceeding steadily surely from day to day, is more aignificant than any repent* incur.ion through the German front. The battle of the Somme has emphatically demonstrated British organisaties to be markedly superior. in one eery important respect, to that of ...

... square kilometres on the Somme has brought the English and the French nothing at all. for the German front on the Somme is elastic ; Verdun, however, cannot be moved back. But the point is that in our present advance at the Somme we continued to make headway ...

... SOMME ENEMY'S FUTILE EFFORTS TO REGAIN GROUND. ALLIES' PRUDENCE. NO RUSH FOR PREMATURE SVCCESSES. (Franck Ssati-OfficieL) Pari,, I. rigidly. semi-tiicia I statem znt i -.surd last night says : The first stage of the battle of the Somme has come to an ...

... first phases of the battle of the Somme will be published in the French papers to-morrow. The greater part of the detail, are known already, but the following extracts contain interesting supplementary information. The French battle front on July 1, both ...