... hours. On June 24th, the enemy reached Floury, aml still Verdun continued to hold out, but with the opening of the battle of the Somme, Juiv 14. the Germane were forced to cease all attacks and remain on the defensive From this time forward noth:rg of ...

... , missing since Nov. 3, eldest son of Mr. H. Bentham, Rickliston Drive, Bloomfield, Belfast. He was wounded in the battle of the Somme. K.R.R.C.; King, 2-Lt. P. D. A., Sussex; Pye, Capt. F. J., R. Fus., attd. Gold Coast Regt.; Merrett, 2-Lt. A. E., Hants; ...

... THE SOMME BATTLE. Is the concluding part of a despatch devoted almost exclusively to the Somme battle, Sir Douglas Haig says the enemy's power has not yet been broken, nor is it yet possible to form an estimate of the time the war may last before the ...