... 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 ...

... 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 ...