... The great artillery battle of the Somme still continues. It has spread to the front north of the Ancre, and has increased south of the Somme, especiallv on both sides of Vermandovillers. Our curtain fire between the Ancre and the Somme almost everywhere ...

... German artillery and the remainder did not return. Exchange. AMSTERDAM. We*M»d«y. A semi-official description of the big battle' on the Somme which issued in Berlin aays; The fighting between the 9th ami 13th October was the heaviest, far, .of tho entire series ...

... French armies, writes; The German «rti!lerv concentration on the Somme front now consists of 850 cannon facing: the English. far ng the French north of the Somme, facing the French south the Somme, a total of 2.100 cannon, in comparison with the 2.500 guns ...

... break through. To this he would have to attack for another thirty years, provided then that had sufficient men The battle of the Somme i.- costing our enemies many hundred thousands of men. and. therefore, more than »t is costing us. Asked whether the ...

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

... day, addressed by General J off to the Somme troops and published yesterday, the expert French commentator says : —lt sets forth the object and result of the French offensive. On one hand the battle of the Somme has freed Verdun ; on the other hand it ...

... German communique of October 9th defies almost any denial, so imaginative it. General von Ludendorff asserts that the Battle of the Somme is redoubling in intensity on a front of 25 kilometres, and that General von Billow’s troops have not lost an inch of ...

... GRENADE AND HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING. Berlin yesterday reported:—Army group of Prince Rupprecht: An artillery battle between the Ancre and the Somme is proceeding with violence. In connection with three attacks the British, which failed during the morning ...

... te observation. At night the villages , frequently bombed aeroplanes.” . j “ reports of the experience ll jrn* ' I battle of tho Somme, says this German 0 {or * “unanimously agree as to the neces* increased allotment of weapons, mean? , mnnications of ...

... will re-assemble to-day in far happier circumstances than it has met since the beginning of the war. The course of the battle of the Somme and the position of the Allies in every other field of war warrant the belief that we have now entered on the road to ...

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... l>ook, called The Soul the War,” still remains one Oi the most popular war books. The new* volume will be entitled The Battles of the Somme/' and will l>ased on the very vivid dispatches which Mr. Gibbs has written from the actual war front. BY SCHLESWIG ...