... he is proud his troops, adding that none could have fought more bravely. Battle of the Somme. There has been great activity on the British section of the Battle of the Somme. East of Boiselle, as the result of severe fighting, our troops captured a ...

... British advanoo near 'JhiepvaL German attacks near Ham repulsed by French. Capture of 10,000 prisoners by the Russians. Battle of the Somme. The great event of the week has been the Allied offensive in France. It opens new, and what may prove decisive, stage ...

... ALLIES. AIR RAID ON SOUTH-EAST COAST. TERRIBLE CONFLICTS ON RUSSIAN FRONT. Battle the Somme. During the xveek-end the British made considerable progress in the Battle of the Somme. Owing to very heavy rains, Friday night was spent chiefly in improving the ...

... organisation in Europe. It has been said that Neuve Chapello and Loos wore the initiation of the new British armies. The battle of the Somme has supremely Droved our volunteer soldiers be worthy of the most splendid British traditi ...

... WOUNDED MEN FROM SOMME BATTLE. 230 ARRIVE IN ABERDEEN. Another ambulance train arrived Aberdeen yesterday afternoon with 230 men who had been Grounded in great Battle of the Somme. A large number of people gathered in the give the gallant fighters hearty ...

... THE BATTLE THE SOMME. Tuesday. The Battle of the Somme coatinum in the AUi«, who have gained more ground and captured more prieonerA. from Brituh Headquarter* yesterday afternoon stated that the battle south the Ancre, a right bank tributary ...

... DESPERATE FIGHTING FOR TRONES WOOD. GERMAN SIXTH ATTACK SUCCEEDS. FURTHER SUCCESSES BY BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS. Battle of the Somme. There has been on British front particularly severe fighting the Trones Wood. Saturday morning our troops succeeded ...

... Jellicoe's dispatch on the Battle of Jutland was leaned yesterday by the Admiralty. It shows that the Germans suffered much more heavily than our Fleet, that they endeavoured to avoid coming to close quarters with our battle squadrons, awl that what was ...

... 1916. A Cheering Prospect. The capture of Contalraaison by fearless assault marks the close the first 6tage of the Battle of the Somme. In the tea days of almost continuous fighting the Franco-British forces have achieved important successes, the strategical ...

... PTE. ALEX. LOWDON. Pte. Alex. Lowdon, Bth Battalion Gordon Highlanders, was killed in action at the battle of the Somme on 2nd July. He had been at the front for a year and a half, •was cyanided at Neuve Chapelle, and his last furlough in December. Pte ...

... SHARP INFANTRY, FIGHTING ON THE BRITISH FRONT. INTENSE ARTILLERY FIRE AT VERDUN. STUBBORN CONFLICTS IN EASTERN GALICIA. Battle of the Somme. During Wednesday night fighting continued at various parts of the British front, but there was no change in the situation ...

... TUESDAY. Battle of the Somme. There has been on the British front particularly severe fighting at the Trones Wood. On Saturday morning our troops succeeded in capturing the southern end of the wood, and the enemy has since made five violent counter-attacks ...