... the Russians, am engaged in a similar congenial teak on the eastern. Were it not already named the Battle of the Somme it ought to be celled the Battle of Attrition. For three months this brutal bludgeon work ham been going on. appalling losses to all ...

... correspondent telegraphs from the War Correspondents Camp, trance, dated Saturday .—The defeat of the German Army in the battle of the Somme ha& progreased more rapidly during the put week %lieu at any other corresponding period the big offensive began. No ...

... plane or balloon. The mastery of the air remained with the British firmly established since the fleet of the treat battle of the Somme. In the darknen of the night the dashing of the runs added a strange pictures:ruiner., to scene. ...

... observation. At night the village, also frequently bomhed by aeroplane. The reports of the esperience gained in the battle of the Somme, German document, unanimouely agree as to the necessity for an increased allotment of weapons, means of rommunkation ...

... to Your Majesty and to your gallant Armies soy heartiest greetings upon their magnificent achievements in the great battle of the Somme. NICHOLAS. 26th September, 1916. To the Emperor, Imperial Headquarters, Russia— In the name of my Army. and on my own ...

... rank of major was rapid. He was twice mentioned in despatches, and received the Military Cross. lie took part in the battle of the Somme, and was recently three in the firing line. Of his two younger brother., one is serving in the Navy, and the other is ...

... the British advance has been read with no much gratification as General von Arnim's confidential memorandum on the battle of the Somme. Some of them, there is very little doubt, were deliberately left behind by the enemy in the hope of misleading the ...