... 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 ...

... 1., whose people reside at Crossford, Cliryston, was firmerly a fireman a't Auc'icngeich. was killed on July 1, the Battle of the Somme. Private James Murray, Highland Light Infantry, has been wounded in action. He formerly resiled at Muirhead Cottage ...

... 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 ...

... re Regiment, is at home on furlough, having been nominated for a commission ;n a Yorkshire Regiment. He was in the battle of the Somme, and came through without a scratch. His description the fight corresponds with accounts hair printed, and his friends ...

... nts which had been made review v.- ; c cancelled. Tho capture logically regarded as concluding second phase of the Battle of the Somme. are now well established on the line which our &eeond main push—that which began July —was directed. ground now won ...

... 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 ...

... grounds. In one Ward we visited were quit© a number of men who had been knocked out,” they expressed it, at the groat Battle of the Somme. To each and all the chief regret seemed be that they had been obliged retire soon from the field of action. That was ...

... RUSSIAN SLEDGE-HAMMER BLOWS. Monday. A new phaale has opened in the battle of the Somme. Last night’s British and French officials re parted a fresh combined advance the Allies north ofl Somme which has opened with great success. Following his great double ...

... the trenches.—ln reply, Bishop Bury sald they had service and holy communion where they could get them. During the battle of the Somme, for instance. Divine service was not possible. In ordinary times services were held behind the firing lines in the ...

... 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 ...

... utmost during the week, and the whole the 24 beds arc now occupied with men some of whom have been wounded in the recent battle on the Somme. Since the commencement of the war 182 wounded soldiers have been treated at the Home, all of whom have been discharged ...