... letter received by his parents in Chestnut-street, from Rifleman D. N Wain, of 'he King's Royal Rifles, refers to the battle of the Somme, in which he took part. He says that he does not remember much of the rush across the half-mile of. open ground but ...

... serving his country, while two weer members are in hospital suffering from wounds. Private Mercer was engaged in the battle of the Somme when be was struck by a piece of 'a bursting shell on July 4th. His funeral et Aston was attended by about 50 wounded ...

... Merit for - gal entry, and enemies,' under heavy fire during •he action of July let. 1916. the semmeneement of the' battle of the Somme, in the Colinearam teeter.•• lb, promotion wan granted at the same time. Bombardier J. W. Ryan. of the R.F. A.. and ...

... FRIDAY, 4 AUGUST, 1916. BATTLE OF THE SOMME. ALLIES' NEW TACTICS. The following' dispatch dated Monday has been received from Mr. H. Warnel Allen; the representative of the British Press with the French Army It is highly impcniant that the meaning of ...

... WOUNDED IN SOMME BATTLE. Mrs. Taylor, 18, Stewart Street. Nuneaton. has received news that her son. Pte. H. liniOtt, has heen mounded with shrapnel. Pte. KniOit e nlisted in the Scottish Riflea soon after the onthreak of the war, and has hen in Franee ...

... That is exemplified by the Battle of the Somme, whose regard lessons are being learned from history which is not even tan weeks old, but which in its later stages is absolutely contemporaneous. In the Battle of the Somme we have exemplified the lessons ...

... “Although, the French public first thought that the British effort in munitions would be mainly concentrated tho Navy, tho battles of the Somme had completely changed that opinion. are not yet quite up the Germans the supply of heavy artillery, hut we.aro approaching ...

... Dsit! News at Rotterdam wired under Sunday's. date ae follows: From the point of view of German re• sistance the battle of the Somme has reached a most critical phase, for there ta ground for the belief that unless within a very short period they d ...

... the flesh cooking, so to speak, and acquired the taste for war. On the other hand, the Russian advance and the great battle on the Somme are producing their effect. A letter from the front has gone the round of the German papers, in which an excited appeal ...

... the War (published Nelson and Sons) i» a cloaefy analytical account of the first battle of Verdun. Concentrated as the public mind now is the momentous Battle of the Somme, it is apt to forget the significance of the French defence Verdun last February ...

... stood second to none for several years in the hockey world. Lt. R. Gerard Garvin, who was killed a fortnight ago in the battle of the Somme, was the son of Mrs. J. L. Garvin and of the editor of The Observer. The young officer had acquired his father's taste ...

... youngest son of Mr. Thomas Hendin, of Highfield-crescent, has been awarded the Military Croat for gallantry the great battle of the Somme. Jfr. Heodm’s eldest son, Second-Lientenant H. T. B. Hendin, Dorset Regiment, who was severely wounded in the came was ...