... HERO OF THE SOMME FILM. In the official film of the Battle of the Somme a British soldier is shown carrying a badly-wounded soldier to safety, and he is described as ‘‘an unknown hero who rescued twenty wounded men.” That soldier is Driver Tom Spencer ...

... THRILLING STORIES OF HEROISM In the Great Battles of the Somme. THE CORPORAL THAT KILLED 22, One hears many tales of individual gal-|by the prisoner; and it is officially accepted lantry; as of the officer of considerable runk |by the umit as true, and ...

... happenings in war, anid coincidences. Here is just one. Two brothers had joined the forces, Each had taken part in the big battles an the Somme. Both had entered as privates. Both have got commissions. Each also had had varying experiences in the war, and each ...

... “ Order of the Day,” issued to the Northern Armies of the Republic. =~ We are now in the fourth month of the great battles on the Somme front, and General Joffre sums up the situation in the words that “ blows have been struck at’ the cnemy from which ...