... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. THE TESTING OF OER NEW ARMIES. WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED In a despatch which is certain to become historic. Sir Douglas Haig has described tile great battle of the Somine. The objects of the offensive began in France on July Ist were:— ...

... to the miseries of the hedl he has created so long as he could count on emerging as a victor. The naval Battle of Jutland and the Battle of the Somme have convinced him that victory in any real sense never can be his anil now is all for peace and all for ...

... Liberie front says that the mutual bom- noted in the last British com- Jo • is one of the most violent since the the battle of the Somme. has been intense, not only , of the Ancre, particularly to Vjj of the river, but also from Loos here there have been ...