... determination to push the Somme offensive conclusion. That offensive, by the way, has reached point where the word “Somme” is misleading. The operations, save the region Peronne, are far removed from the River Somme area, and the “battle of Picardy** more nearer ...

... formidable that certain regiments lost up of their effectives. Yet they were in vain. The Germans yesterday began a furious battle on the Somme, and it is our sw.vucrs who have gained a great victory. “North of the Somrae some hostile detachments after a brisk ...

... Dition, and away the left the fortress of Beaumont Hamel, one of the most important British captures in all this great battle of the Somme. To the eye at this distance there was nothing hut disappointment in the view, for of all these important strongholds ...