... GERMANS STIFFEN. ‘‘HARDEST BATTLE” SOUTH OF SOMME. FRENCH SUCCESS. The hardest battle since the beginning of the Somme offensive,, is the Paris description of the fighting which led to the French success, south of the Somme, on Tuesday. A ...

... in Sheffield who have not seen the wonderful pictures of the Battle of the Somme, and many will welcome the opportunity of .witnessing the thrilling scenes again. finer representation the Somme pictures has been given than that at the Star Picture House ...

... career. The battle in which that defeat was administered was the mightiest battle in which the British Armyhad ever fought previous to the present war. It began in the middle of a June day, and ended in the twilight. The Battle of the Somme began on the ...

... “Telegraph” publications, and later was contributor to the London Letter the “Sheffield Daily Telegraph.” took part in the battle of the Somme, where he sustained the shock which has been fatal. ...

... remain one of the ItO;’ «nd the same time on© the most ktiall* e ROt^eB °f the battle of the Somme The *. ni of prisoners captured emphasises Tt, fury which characterised the battle, trj'' Frericn soldiers were forced in many places a passage across corpses ...

... broken, but gone. lo see how' much w'e have gained, in the way of tactical position, by the first three months of the Battle of the Somme, one must look at the map of an area much larger than the battlefield itself. Most of us have had our eyes fixed, till ...

... fierce fighting on the Somme, and for the heroic manner in which you have fought. The world’s history knows of nothing like the fight in which you ara taking part and ness of your deeds. For centuries to come the battle of the Somme will stand as brilliant ...

... confirms the belief that the Germans have suffered enormously in the Somme battle. A soldier writing from Estrees, on September Ist, says: “From the 12th to 27th of August we were on the Somme, and regiment had 1,500 casualties.” A man of the 9th Company, 10th ...

... DOMINATING GUNS, British. War Correspondents’ Headquarters, France, Saturday. The defeat of the German army in the battle of the Somme has progressed more rapidly during the past week than at any other corresponding period since the big offensive began ...

... these are causes of delay to the side that is taking the offensive, as we anfl” our .Allies arc doing on the Somme. Yet the Battle of the Somme goes on. and will doubtless continue; for it is not the intention of our side to give the enemy the time to ...

... FALKENHAYN FAILURE, Although the battle of the Somme will probably one of the decisive movements of the war, interest is just now shifting to Rumania. The Germans arc there concentrating their greatest efforts in an attempt to “punish” this small State ...

... from hardships endured, valour displayed, and sacrifice grandly made. The heroism of the British troops in the great battle of the Somme was now known and fully appreciated our boys. . They hud only to see behind our present linos the great strength of ...