... Loos were the initiation of the new British armies; the battle of the Somme has supremely proved our volunteer soldiers to be worthy of the most splendid British traditions. The battle of the Somme has emphatically demonstrated British organisation to be ...

... inclemency of the weather, made further notable progress on the Somme yesterday. After the calm of the day before the French troops again went into action on the extreme left wing, north the Somme, in the sector in which occurs our junction with the British ...

... tactical links between the armies been im- proved. In no point has this been more closely demonstrated than in the battle of the Somme. few days ago General Chertils, in the Echo de Paris/’ published a Staff _ circular pointing out the necessity of d ...

... to break through is no longer a practicable one. In the language of yesterday’s French semi-official statement “the battle of the Somme is following a regular rhythm of successive, methodical, prudent advances.” Measured in figures, the fruits the week’s ...

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