... their effectives, and yet tney were in vain. The Germans yesterday began furious battle on the Somme, and it is our soldiers who have gained a great victory. North of the Somme some hostile detachments, after a brisk house-to-house light, regained footing ...

... FORTITUDE OF BRITISH TROOPS. SEVERE BATTLE ON FRENCH FRONT. RUMANIANS STILE YIELDING GROUND. HUN AVIATORS FIRE ON PEACEABLE RUMANIANS. _ Wednesday. 104th day of third year of the war. 139th day of battle of the Somme. The British front north of the Anent ...

... the battle of the Somme the superiority of the Allies is clear was on the first day. Our action incessantly developed and amplified the value of all its objectives. Far from diminisliing in intensity and extent the alternate offensive on the Somme increases ...

... and awav to tne left the fortress of Beaumont Hamei, one of the most important British captures in all this great battle of the Somme. To the eye at this distance there was nothing but disappointment in the view. For of all these important strongholds ...