... influence of this battle of the Somme iitpon the general course the war. far that course is unchanged,, even at Verdun. There the Germans, defeated at the Thiaumont redoubt—the scene of one of the finest French achievements of the whole battle—made an attempt ...

... prisoners. DEJECTED GERMAN PRISONERS. Paris, Tuesday. Interviewed by the ‘“Petit Parisien,” one of the wounded in the battle of the Somme says: —Orders were well given. Never were the losses so slight. There were very few dead, and the wounded fewer than ...

... PRISONERS NOW TAKEN. The latest British and French official reports continue to record satisfactory progress in the great battle of the Somme, which began on Saturday. The Germans have launched desperate counterattacks on the new positions captured by our troops ...

... the pressure upon Verdun. The Battle of the Somme, as the great fight of Saturday and Sunday will be known to history, was no isolated event. It was part of the plan of the Allied War Council, and, just as the naval battle off Jutland had its immediate ...

... regard it as an isclated operation. It is only a_ part, though a very important part, of a big concerted plan, The Battle of the Somme has necessarily diverted public attention from Verdun, but the position there grows interesting, and may easily become ...