... interrupt traffic on the railway from Lille to Douai. Trains were running south carrying reserves or munitions for a battle on the Somme, and it was decided to attack them. Patrols were first , of all sent over the aerodromes in order to hold in check the ...

... 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 ...