... commanding the 4th German Corps, wrote in the early weeks of August a report of about 15,000 words in len h on the battle of the Somme and the lessons to be drawn from it. He covers the whole field of criticism, discussing methods of attack, of defence ...

... pps’ Brewery, urton-on- Trent, was a member of the crew of one of the “tanks” when made their st appearance in the battle of the Somme on 15 Seprember. After getting astrides of the enemy posi- tions and enfilading tne Germans in their “tan , was tem ...

... disposal of the Press:— To see how much we have gained, in the way of ta¢tical position, by the first three months of the Battle of the Somme, one must look at the map of an area much targer than the battlefield itself. Most of us have had our eyes fixed, till ...

... features the story of the tuking of Le Sars is very similar to earlier stories of the carrying of other villages in the battle of the Somme. It is the old glorious tale of the domination of British uoggeuness, courage, and endurance over concealed machine-guns ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... witness of an organisation momentous, cumulative, and so far irresistible. NO WORSE CONDITIONS. People ask when the battle of the Somme will be over. It seemed to me to-day that it would never be over till geography de- tmaanded yet another name. It broke ...

... his fifth eneiny machine. (From a Special Correspondent.) (OPYRIGHT ED.) Que: Anus ¥ ...

... VICTORY. Allies Cannot be Held on the Somme. JOFFRE'S ORDER Prisoners Taken by the Allies, ARTILLERY SUPERIORITY. / Writing last night on the subject of the order ot the day addressed hy General Joffre to the Somme troops, and published yesterday, the ...

... culties which have had to be overcome by Though there is less of actual warfare shown th was seen in the film of the Battle of the Somme, it is interest- ing, presentin a vivid picture of the effect of the bom ardment of Gorizia, the Ty, and moving of troops ...

... DOWN GRADE. Roumanian Convinced that Exhaustion Has Begun, GERMANS’ SOMME DRAMA THOUGHT TO.’ BE NEARING END AMSTERDAM. Wednesda. semi-othcial description of the big battles cn the Somme which is issued in Berlin, says the fighting between 9 and 13 October ...