... hills north of the Somme to take up their position in the advanced lines ready for the assault, not a few of them looked out across the marshes of Somme to the promised land which they were to win by their valour. their feet the Somme wound its sluggish ...

... the fire of -battle that each in our safe, secure home may our duty. There letter in the •Times ' which will nelp all to live and work we ougat ' lve work. It was written by un officer to his partnis on June tire eve the Battle of the Somme. The writer ...

... KEEPING BACK THE ENEMY. WAR CORRESPONDENT HEADQUARTERS, FRANCE. July Bth (received to-d*y). When the history of the battle of the Somme comes to be written in its true perspective I think it will be found that one of the most brilliant fact* in thi* lustrous ...

... Correspondent.) Fleet Street, Sunday Night. A RETURN to cold grey skies and the news in the afternoon editions that the Battle of the Somme, now three weeks old, has entered on a still more desperate stage, at the moment pretty indecisive, has made London ...

... . Where did we go in ? Oh, near Albat. Our objective was Mary’s Court, or some such place.” It is evident that the Battle of the Somme is going to add some fresh household words to our war vocabulary. “Wipers” is veteran by this time; “Plugshcet,” “Booloo ...

... the Allies to-day, and w-ill be reaped by them for many days to come. West and East. Ihe battle of the Somme continues stubbornly but profitably ; it will a battle, one anticipates, of slow progress, with many pauses ; for artillery plays a constant and ...

... resumption of the offensive by the British from rThiepval to a point where they link up with French forces. Before the battle of the Somme can pursue its victorious course it important that our advance, which was slower in the British sector and speedier ...

... the whole Army and the people of England are being thrilled with the glorious deeds of our soldiers in the great battles beyond the Somme, it must not be forgotten that along other parts of the long line other of our armies are still worthily upholding ...

... and that excluding the prisoners brought the enemy .suffered about casualties. FRENCH POSITIONS ATTACKED. LIVELY BATTLES ON TUI- SOMME. Thrown Back. V SUSTAIN HEAVY LOSSES. There has been some lively ...

... careful inspection of recent German official reports and a comparison with the facts —the facts of the fighting in the battles of the Somme—is now available. “The German General Staff,” it concludes, “does well to appeal to the German people for confidence ...

... INVENTIONS. PARIS, Wednesday. Concerning the battles of the Somme, the Germans are once again ksuing to neutrals communiques and comments which are absolutely false. To cite one instance, they state that the Franco-British troops delivered a decisive ...