... BATTLE OF SOMME. Tlst battle of the Boonne, to ue a conveniently ounprelseneive term for the great thrust which the British and French armies are making, together with the operations of our Russian and Italian allies, has filled our newspapers and our ...

... 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 ...

... FIERCE BATTLES ON THE SOMME. ••SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS.” The long-expected British and French offensive the Western front has hegon, after a stupendous bombardment lasting over a week. The attack began at 7.30 on Saturday morning north and south of the River ...