... A cheerful confidence as to the future prospects of the Allies on the Somme marks the conclusion Sir Douglas Haig’s dispatch on the operations up to November 14. The Somme battle has placed beyond doubt the ability of the Allies to gain their objects ...

... that during the battle of the Somme Lalf the German effective army was employed in ocountering the offensive of the Allies. One of the most striking illustrations of the etrain put upon the German resources by the battle of the Somme is to be found in ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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... LONDON LETTER. THE -GREAT BATTLE OF -THE SOMME. WHAT GENERAL HAIG'S DESPATCH REVEALS. LONDON, Friday Night. Genera Haig's despatch dealing with the Battle the Somme is published to-day. It is a interesting document, but the great lighting from July to ...

... Dominion and quarter of the Empire, whether Regulars, Territorials, men of the New Armies, have borne a share in the Battle of the Somme. While have been more fortonate than others in opportunities for distinction, all have done their duty nobly. Among ...

... 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 ...

... ] , were fulfilled, and Sir Dougftse'J that any one of thcte results ,J to justify the Somme battle- but the vital and the a ...

... President Wilson ' R action . There is published on pages 9 and 10 the full text of Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch . > on the Battle o | the Somme . The-results attained have , ho says , brought us a long step forward towards the fin ' ai vietorv of the Allied ...

... flanks from Morval to Thiepval. General Haig claims that all three objectives of the battle were achievnd. Any one of these results by itself justified the battle of the Somme,and the attainment of all three amply compensates for the sacrifices of ourselves ...

... nor is it possible to estimate the period before the objects for which the Allies'are fighting are attained; but the battle of the Somme has placed beyond doubt the ability of the Allies to gain those objects. The German Army is the mainstay of the Central ...