... Corporal William Robb, Royal Iri-»h Fusiliers, sun the lute Seth Robb, BMALL—Killed in action, Ist July, 1915, the Battle ol the Somme, Lance-Corporal Thomas William Boyd Small, Royal KiHes (Down Volunteers), aged 18 years, youugest son and Isabella Small ...

... a distance of some seven miles. The reason for what may be called the lack incident is simple. The battle of the Somme north of the river has undergone a change in the character of the fighting. It has become more concentrated. Several correspondents ...

... correspondent of the West* tainfiter Gaaette” writes: —The capture Pozieres one of the most significant events in the battle of the Somme, and may prove decisive. Both Pozieres and Longueval command main roads converging upon the Foureaux Wood, crossroad ...

... PORTADOWN. In battle of the Somme, Portadown suffered heavily. Up to the present 30 men are reported to have been killed or died wounds, 80 wounded, and 3 missing, making a total of 113. Amongst the latest casualties notified are the following:— Best ...

... and natrnas it swirl and eddy Into buck• waters when lurks many a lusty bib. one forgets all about the battle of the somme. Our Tummies love the Somme; they wash and. bathe in it daily. It the bathroom of British Army. whether going to ur returning I from ...

... isiit no iustrinil damage uitlel IN FOUSEAUX WOOD. (Central News Te/egretio.) P.tRIS. Saturday—The twenty-first of the battle in the Somme district brought no , platens' modification in the tlorume front. I The French organised lb. positions captured ou Thurodal ...

... dreamland, and in blissful forgetfulness of the carnage and frightfulness of the war in general and in particular of the battle of the Somme, in which the majority received their wounds. The following men made up the Lisburn party:— Private Win. M'Gettigan ...

... wounded and suffering from shellshock, is a son of Mrs. Robinson, Becchfield Terrace, Avenue Rood, Lurgan. In the battle of the Somme Portadown euffered heavily, the casualties amounting to well over 100. Dp to the present 30 men are reported to have ...

... to have been without result. When the battle opened on Thursday morning it was the Germans who attacked, not the British, and the line was Bazentin-Longucval-Delville Wood. This change in the definition of the battle line is full of significance. It is ...

... men who arrived at the hospitals in Belfast on Saturday night and early Sunday morning were actually wounded in the battle of tho Somme the previous Tuesday. Such rapid transference of patients from the lighting line to the hospitals home has never occurred ...

... fate of Private W. J. Smith, South Antrim Volunteers. He was a member C Company, and took part in the early stages the battle of the Somme. If any of his comrades should happen to read this and be able to throw any light on this matter they might kindly ...

... now in our hands.” It is, of course, a mere spisode in the battle the Somme, the storming and the capture of this little village. But it is flushed with the grandeur of a hard-won battle, a battle that in any war but this might reckoned of first-class importance ...