... NOTES ON CURRENT EVENTS. flatty SATURDAY. July 8, 1916. The Battle of tho Somme. The Battle of the Somme promises to be (.■ long drawn out as the Battle of the Aisne ill the autumn of 1914. It continues to go we .l, for if our progress is ...

... BALLOONS ATTACKED AT RANGE OF FIFTY YARDS. British Headquarters in the Field, France, Saturday. When the history of the Battle of the Somme comes to be written in its true perspective, 1 think it will be found that one of the most brilliant facets in this ...

... THE ACTIVITY IN THE WEST AND Over a week has passed sine* the great battle of the Somme was begun, and we are now able to appreciate better th e progress which our heroic armies, and those of our equally heroic Ally, France, have made. Looking back upon ...

... of the offensive by the British from Thiepval to the point where they link up with the 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 ...

... in hospital, wounded. Driver J. T. Webster, R.F.A., of 9, Edgedala Road, .Sheffield, is among those wounded in the battle of the Somme. lie is at present lying hospital in France with fractured thigh caused by a high explosive shell killing his horse ...

... THE WAR. BATTLE OF THE SOMME. A BRITISH ADVANCK. GERMAN HOWITZERS CAPTURED. [British Ofßoial.] Fronte, Thursday, 10.10 The artillery both sides djob been oottvs ihroi«bout the. day, and iwult w>»rp infantry fighting we have not only rMMHfcained our preeaure ...

... steadily and surely from day to ay, is more significant than any separate incursion through the German Front. “The battle of the Somme has emphatically demonstrated British organisation to be markedly superior, in one very important respect, to that of ...

... our troops to organise themselves in their sew lines, only waking up on July 6, which was a comp:ste • compare. the battle of the Somme with that which for five months has held iirope breathless before Verdun. it will be ma/irked that on the evening ut ...

... been caplured. On the way back from the battle of the Somme I visited certain of the most famous British troops. They made a glorious attempt to reach the German i trenches in the northern part of the line of battle I Behnz, July 11. but had 400 yards of ...

... steadily and surely from day to day, is more significant than any separate incursion through the German front. ‘“ The battle of the Somme has emphatically demonstrated British organisation to be markedly superior, in one very important respect, to that of ...

... laud an aerial battle. [Ssml-Offtelal Review.] Paris. Friday night. 'the main feature today was the resumption the offensive by the liritudi from Thiepval the point where they link up with the French forces. Before the battle of the Somme can pursue its ...

... anti-aircraft gun, and three other machines have not returned to our lines. GERMAN PAPER'S 'FANNING. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The Frankfurter Ztiung says, Many of our newspapers sewn to hare the impression that events in the corner between ...