... have stopped the German army, which was sent in its thousands wipe oat the French. was not until the battle of the Somme commenced July 1 —that great battle which was still going on, which was worked out the well-thought-out plans of car most capable Com ...

... PRIVATE W. E. TRINDER. In the battle of the Somme towards the close of September Private Trinder received a serious bullet wound in the face, fracturing his jaw. He is son of Mrs. Trinder, of Ely-street, and enlisted in February last in the 7th Leicestershire ...

... London Rifle Brigade, the youngest son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Brcwn, w'jio has been killed in action in the great battle on the Somme. Mr. prow 11 had passed unscathed through some of the fiercest fighting the war. 2nd was among the troops who entered ...

... observations- At night the village* were also frequently bombed aeroplanes.” “The reports the experience gained in the battle of the Somme.” aaye this German document, unanimously agree to the necessity for an increased allotmeat of weapons, means of co ...

... letters, tonfirms the belief that the Germans have suffered enormously in the Somme battle. A soldier, writin from Estrees on 1 September, says: rom 12 to 27 August we were on the Somme, and my regiment had 1,500 casualties. A man of the 9th Company 10th Bavarian ...

... features the story of the taking of Sars is very similar to earlier ©tories of the carrying of other villages in the battle of the Somme. It is the old glorious tale of the domination of British doggedness, courage, and endurance over concealed in e-gun ...

... There were large congregations. l'ronds waited ior admission to the Scala on Monday night to see the great picture The Battle of the Somme. The film was in five scenes, occupying hours, and the audience was held in breathless interest during the whole time ...

... shall thus be - dependent in future operations on white troopa, who arenot well ad»i«*d for operations in tropical The Battle of the Somme. tw-mw last to the Western theatre, where the l.m-Sincd British hnd French clensive began on July July our forere reu ...

... artillery barrige ha* become play for our soldiers the Somme, but it uncommon thing for the German* certain point* to start triple artillery barrages 800, 000. end yards. But the battle of the Somme will continue despite all the effort* of the enemy to ...

... out. He passed the minor examination in January, 1015, and the major in March. He then joined the Army, and in the battle of the Somme leid down his life for his country, . WOUNDED. T ' CORPORAI H. MEGAINEY. Corporal Hubert Megainey, of the Ist Royal ...

... The German communique of October 9th defies almost any denial, so imaginative is it. General von asserts that the battle of the Somme is redoubling in intensity on front 25 kilometres, and that General von Bulow's troops have not lost an inch of ground ...

... THE GERMAN LOSSES Assuming, according to one estimate, that there were-122 Gernian divisions dur- ing the battle of the Somme, the French and-ourselves had defeated something like a half the total German forces, or some- thing like a million men in all ...