... outlying houses of Saifly and Saillisel became ¦ risible , and the line of trees marking the Bapaume-Perrone road . In the battle of the Somme this . road becomes almost an obsession , partJcolarij for one who at the very beginning . of the fighting saw it from ...

... again on thd search for imaginary victories on the Western front . * 0 n Saturday afternoon they reported that infantry battles on the Somme had beon resumed on a large scaZe by attacks by strong forces of British and French troops , all of which had beon ...