... ago. taken prisoner during the battle of the RIDDINGS GUARDSMAN WOUNDED. Information has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Purdy, of Lyton Villa, Riddings, that their son, Se T. Purdy, has been wounded in the battle of the Somme. Sgt. Purdy served for seven ...

... OTTHE SOMME. 18-INCH HOWITZERS. PROJECTILES THAT WEIGH TON. Mr Bach Thomas, Daily Mail, gives a graphic description of the tremendous artillery fire that preceded latest British attack on the Somme : * We fought to-day comparatively small 'battle, and ...