... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... SINGING HEARTS. There is something strangely inhuman in the aspect of a battle watched from the edge of its furnace fires (says Philip Gibbs in describing the battle at the Somme), or even as I stood watching it within the crescent of our guns. Batfraliono ...

... sign that this is a mistaken estimate . There is good authority for believing that Verdun iells the same story as the battle of the Somme . Though a sli ght advance has been made b y the Germans since the July oSensive b y the Allies began , there is no ...

... of every are finding out that the country is not all aready. How There Are So Many' Wounded. the fourth day of the Battle of the Somme the Commander-in-Chief issued appreciation of the medical services on the field. It seem* certain that the proportion ...

... prove to be the germ of a lasting settle. ment. GERMAN CHAINED TO HIS GUN. A sturdy North Countryman back front the battle of the Somme, nursing a battered hand in one of the Manchester hospital., related to a press representative a remarkable experienoe ...

... British advance, have engaged German reginienta which might otherwise have been' Wilfted to the flanks of our Ally. The battle of the Somme has emphatically demonstrated British organisation to be markedly superior, in one very important respect, to that of ...

... into their bends, together with a large quantity of booty. PROGRESS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SOMME. To quote a French semi-official statement, the Battle of the Somme is following a regular rhythm of successive, methodical prudent advances. On Saturday further ...

... TUI' IX7 A drama. “The Heart of a Child,” featuring' W Edna Flugrath and Edward Sa&s. The picture —On Saturda}*, in Battle of the Somme, introduces Sally Snane, child of the slums, farther important successes were won on our whose dancing the delight of ...

... to a triumphant conclusion. New East Lothian POTATOES 4I ...

... of the Battle of the Somme has come to an end, after continuing uninterruptedly for etre days. The Allies have accomplished in eve days an advance which the Germans took 4i months to make before Verdun. The Allies have just begun a great battle which will ...