... Haig on the Somme Battle. Halo's dispatch upon the battle of the Somme, the full text of which we publish to-day, will be read with extraordinary interest in this country. • It is the first official narrative, not only of the greatest battle ...

... French that they could no longer win and that they would do better to end the war. Finally Professor Meineeke that the Battle of the Somme has convinced Germany that it is no longer possible to arrive at military decisions in the full peace-compelling sense ...

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

... thanks to their effort:, the enemy has nowhere been able to achieve a success of any importance by mining. During the battle of the Somme the work of the Tunnelling Companies contributed in no 'small degree to the successful issue of several operations. ...

... which may not be wholly unconnected with the propagation of the desired peace IStioinsung in neutral countries. The battle of the Somme, he declares. has taught Germans that military decisions in the full pesos-cow, pelling sense are no longer possible ...

... tried again. and failed again, to break through in the West—in the battles of Loos and Champagne. Professor Meinecke then gives the following account of the battles of Verdun and tho Somme : The argument used among us a year ago was that lie decision must ...