... in Longueval and Delville Wood. have this, however, to strengthen our confidence, that since the opening stages the battle of rhe Somme our .troops have never so far lost ground which they have captured and consolidated, and they have consolidated all ...

... both flanks the Ulstermen were at the mercy of tne enemy, and had to retire to the third line of trenches. When the battle of the Somme takes its place in the story of this great war the deeds which the Ulster Division accomplished on Saturday last will ...

... the change which had thereby been brought about in the relative positions of the opposing forces. When the battle ol the Somme began the battle line ran roughly north and south. As the result of the first ten days’ fighting the British gained possession ...

... Church are (lying at half-mast tribute of rcsjM-ct to the memory of tho heroes of the Ulster Division who fell in the battle of the Somme. addition the names already published tile follow ing casualties have been nothin.i;— Best. Private Thos,, Montague ...

... admiration of the self-sacrificing heroism of the County Down regiments, forming part of the Ulster Division, in the battles of the Somme, and also that of the County Down men serving in many other units. We desire to express our deep syra? thy with the ...