THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
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... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. HAIGS PRAISE OF HIS ARMY. Recruits that Fought as Veterans. Sale Surplus Slock To-day. see windows. ( iyVe'we/Zsi* (House tfloyaleffvenue, {Belfast ...
... this five months’ tremendous battling we should fully satisfied. But cannot get away from the impression gather from more than one passage in the despatch, that but for the advanced stage the summer which the battle of the Somme was begun the results gained ...
... Street. Belfaet He ti.is invalicled home in July last suffering from wonads and ellen shock - tuned in the terrific Battle of the Somme, happily made good recovery. the in•rriage taking London shortly after the gal. lent young soldier left limpitel. Their ...
... maintains that any one of these results in itself sufficient to justify the Somme battle.” fully agree, but to us the vital and overwhelming importance the battle of the Somme lies in tfie fact that it is proof of our power, if' rise it wisely, to win ...
... the whole five months’ operations. The Germans have declared that the battle of the Somme is closed, and that they are left the victors. Neither statement is true. The battle the Somme has only passed through its first seasonal stage. to the result thus ...
... progressed, four-fifths of the total number of divisions engaged on the Western front were thrown one after another into the Somme battle, some of them twice, and some three times; and towards the end of tho operations, when the weather unfortunately broke ...
... W. Webb, son the late Mr. R. T. Webb and Mrs. Webb, Rath House. Knock, was killed in action at the opening of the Battle of the Somme on Ist July. This officer, who was editoted at Campbell College, obtained a commission in the 3rd Royal Irish Rifle ...
... Chief ia necessarily restricted to general guidance, and great responsibilities devolve on the Army Commanders. In the Somme Battle these responsibilities were entrusted to Generals Sir Henry Bawlmaon and Sir Hubert Gough, commauding'reapectively the ...