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... THE Week's Fight:;._, THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. British Capture Le Sars. On Saturday the British foroe drew to the town of Bapaume. They captured the village of Le Bars within three miles of Bapaume, and its capture puts the victors in a position to train ...
... TODDINGTON. PTE. BUCKINGHAM KILLED.—Pte. William Buckingham, who was 21 years of age when he was killed on Bept. 15th in the battle of the Somme, joined up on Oct. 15th, 1915, was drafted to France, April 15th, 1916, and was killed on Sept. 15th, 1916. He was in ...
... TODDINGTON. PTE. BUCKINGHAM KILLED.—Pte. William Buckingham, who was 21 years of age when he was killed on Sept. 15th in the battle of the Somme, joined up on Oct. 15th, 1915, was drafted to France, April 15th, 1916, and was killed on Sept. 15th, 916. He was in ...
... Hospital, Eastbourne, with a shrapnel wound in the muecle of the right arm. He was wounded in action at High Wood in the battle of the Somme, on Sept. 15th. His wound is going on as well as can be expected. ...
... 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 ...
... been invalualde. But of all the Jessons which we have lewrned the greatet has been that which we have learned from the battle of the Somme. The army in France has been raised to such a degree of efficiency and o;;pan.lmifie- for learning new methods have heen ...
... Tho Meaning of the Sommae. The battle of the Somme now being fought is the greatest battle in the history of the world, both as regards the number of troops ongaged, the casualties inflicted, and—it may be—in its effect. What has happened is that the ...
... would not change into any other regiment. Whether in the battle on the Somme or out of it, they have nobly done whatever they have been told. Words fail, even faintly, to describe what a great battle is like. The noise is deafening; big guns, little guns ...
... which at the moment events of importance are mkini place (Roumania), the ' decision will fall on the Western front. The battle of the Somme is its preliminary. On | this point we are left in no doubt from the fact that our enemies are determined to - strengthen ...
... DEAD. the Fallen in France, CARED FOR TO-DAY. - the line from whick e n that morning. Yoy feel, the :hnllo(tholmh ¢ battle of the Somme— the the word to his men, ung first out of the trench, ang once, and the men Pressing How Burials Take Place organisation ...
... ALLIES STILL ADVANCING. Monday aiterncon. The great battle of the Somme has now lasted one hundred days, and the Allies are still going strong. The bad weather was one of the causes of the recent lull, but on Saturday the Anglo- French forces set to work ...
... Lincoln. Tt was quite satisfactory, and after further imbortant trials it was despatched for the critical work of the battle of the Somme, From this time the Tank beeame a Tecognised assot of the war, and since its first adhievement, in breaking German lines ...