... had had to refer to the death of Lance. Corporal Hugh Roberts, of The Rigg, who had made the supreme sacrifice at the battle of the Somme on Ist July. Now he was called upon to speak of the loss they had sustained in the passing of Mrs. Thomas Gordon. Church ...

... British army has yet to enter the field and deal strokes more terrible even than those of the immense and terrible battle on the Somme. sew events daring the course of this vsr have stirred such bitter indignation as the cold-blooded shooting of the ...