... ) GAS CREEPING ON THE GROUND : BURSTING GERMAN GAS SHELLS. Gas shells have been largely used by the Germans in the Battle of the Somme. Writing of the British attack on Guillemont, the military correspondent of the Times said : Before the attack ...

... for Canada's Victorious Artillery on the Somme. PROJECTILES WHICH HERALDED A MAPLE-LEAF VICTORY : BIG SHELLS FOR CANADIAN GUNS. The Canadians have played a splendid part in the Battle of the Somme, capturing Mouquet Farm and Courcelette, among other positions ...

... FRENCH ON THE SOMME : GERMAN PRISONERS AWAITING DISPOSAL. Many thousands of Germans have fallen into the hands of the French since the Battle of the Somme began. A recent French communiqué stated: The total number of prisoners taken on the Somme by the A ...

... September 1914. To-day the spot is overgrown with wild flowers. The lower photograph shows a new feature in the great battle of the Somme a French armed boat passing under a tunnel on a canal. Mr. Henry Wood wrote recently: The methodical advance of the ...