... Hospital, Eastbourne, with a shrapnel wound in the muecle of the right arm. He was wounded in action at High Wood in the battle of the Somme, on Sept. 15th. His wound is going on as well as can be expected. ...

... ALLIES STILL ADVANCING. Monday aiterncon. The great battle of the Somme has now lasted one hundred days, and the Allies are still going strong. The bad weather was one of the causes of the recent lull, but on Saturday the Anglo- French forces set to work ...

... THE Week's Fight:;._, THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. British Capture Le Sars. On Saturday the British foroe drew to the town of Bapaume. They captured the village of Le Bars within three miles of Bapaume, and its capture puts the victors in a position to train ...