... TEE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Germany Claims Complete Victory. A Vamporous Declaration. The Berlin “ Lokalanzeiger ™' writes: — For some duys past the Somme frous has bardly been mentioned in the army reports from either ::.‘. The great Somme ...

... THE BATTLE.' BERLIN NEWSPAPER’S OUTBURST PROCLAIMING THE END. Lokalanzeigcr was pro vided ftunday with extraordinary out burst proclaiming ti.e the Battle of the Somme and Ut-iuian victory ; it is a'llpareiuly the German General Staff’s Mr Forbes, in ...

... Combles and Thiepval fell and the tanks began to roam about the German trenches. Air Mastery. Thus not only did the Battle of the Somme gain its strategic ends; it made manifest pronounced tactical superiority of the Allies over the enemy. The Germans ...

... Special Correspondent.) Sir Douglas Haig's report on the Battle of the Somme happens to have been published just at a time when a surpassingly-impudent German assertion is being made that the battle has ended in victory for the enemy. The note was struck ...

... delay please forward wrapper with complaint. ftkgraplj. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1916. OUR GREATEST BATTLE. Sir Douglas Haig’s dispatch on the battle of the Somme, which we print this morning, is a plain, straightforward statement of fact which enables us to ...

... London, and will ;:;lrvleucd for general exhibition on January th, Aacre Thrills More Than Somme. “The Battle of the Somme’ was thrilling and wonderful, but “The Battle of the Ancre” is far more thriling and much more wonderful. It brings right into the foreground ...

... onlooker to realise what terrible handicap artillery transport and troops had to face. “ The Battle of the Somme was thrilling and wonderful, but The Battle of the Ancre ’* is far more thrilling and much more wonderful. It shows those who see it that ...

... call this show a battle, still less a victory.” He was a St. Paul's School boy, so he told me. I heard that he died t{ut evening at Puchvilliers, unthanked by Parliament.” The Battle of the Somme has been one of the greatest battles in the history of ...

... offensive was opened justified the Battle of the Somme, and holds that this prolonged struggle, which resulted in our capture over 38,000 prisoners, has brought nearer to the final victory. Looking back upon the battle, we may well feel proud what has been ...

... chatter, the Berlin ** Lokalen. | zeiger,” ome of the most reputable enemy ‘ Jjournals, informs the public that ** the battle of the Somme has ended in a complete vic|tory for German arms. Somehow or other, we had thonght otherwise. We imagined that we had ...

... prisoners were brought in. making the total since the beginning of the battle over 10,003. Army Group cf the Archduke Joseph.—Near Susmezu, and in the mountains to the south-east, the battle becoming much more serious. Our airmen brought down in this border ...

... offensive was opened justified the Battle of the Somme, and he holds that this prolonged struggle, which resulted in our capture of over 38,000 prisoners, has brought nearer to the final victory. Looking back upon the battle, may well feel proud what has been ...