... 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 ...

... the tremendous German attack on Verdun, ending in complete defeat for the enemy; the Battle of Jutland; the great Russian recovery of the summer ; the Battle of the Somme; and the German proposals for peace ; while on the debit side there are the fall of ...

... with some of the best athletes we had (says the “Sheffield Year Book” article on the part played by local men in the battle of the Somme). But some got forward. Big “Bob” Seymour —Arabic interpreter on* shilling day in Egypt—found himself held up by tough ...

... results is in itself sufficient to justify the Scmmc battle. They have brought us long step forward towards the final victory of the Allies’ cause.” The total number of prisoners taken by us in the Somme battle between the Ist July and the iBlh November was ...

... LONDON DAY BY DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent ) Fleet Street, Friday Night. THE German hurrahing over the end of the Battle of the Somme is not very timely. I suppose the enemy General Staff sent out their reassurances to gull their home public. They will ...