... P. Carey and Lance-Corporal A. Carey are with the Bth Bedfordshires in France; they have been fighting in the great battle of the Somme, but .the latest news received was that they were safe. ...

... 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 ...

... have passed through war to their last rest! In a letter to his parents, the late Lieut. R. 0. Garvin, killed in the battle of ♦he Somme on July 22nd. at the early age of 20. wrote;—'Dearest Ones.—Try not to grieve too much for me. I hope death will have ...