... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. ULSTERMEN’S DISTINGUISHED SERVICES, Sir D. Haig’s Despatch. WELL-KNOWN OFFICERS “MENTIONED. ...

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. ULSTERMEN IN DESPATCHED Another Extensive List. ...

... officers, ladies, non-commissioned officers, and men serving or who have served under his command prior to and during the battle of the Somme whose distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty he considers deserving of special mention. The list oomprises ...

... stone jar. . Arrangement* are being made for an early issue of copies of Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hair’s despatch the battle of the Somme to the troop* in. France. Mis* Beatrice Chamberlain, Mrs. Maud Reeves, and Mr. Stephen Walsh, M.P., have appointed ...

... expended a tithe the force employed hr Germany in the effott to capture a single fortress. The Battle of Verdun was a uieunry for France: the •• Battle of the Somme. - a struggle almost as extended in point of time and even more remarkable in ita sits&aun'd ...

... when tb© shattering failure cf the last great German attack the West, ‘had only just become apparent. Mince then the battle of the Somme and the French reaction Verdun have completely established the ascendency, both moral and material, of the Allies in ...

... Colonel points out thak the same trials strength preceded the battle of the Somme from 24th Jane to Ift July, 1916, when British troops executed no fewer than seventy raids from to the Somme. The Allies recognise as clearly, says the critic, as do the ...

... successes on the Somme lies in the fact that they were made the amassment of the cue nrjust after the French army had beaten off the greatest assault which the enemy had ever been able to deliver. During the first fortnight the battle of the Somme the French ...

... Volunteers, who was on a visit home to his parents at Upper Carnany, has left to rejoin his regiment. He was wounded at the battle of the Somme, receiving a shrapnel bullet through his right. hand. Private Samuel Taylor, Royal Irish Rifles. officially reported ...

... OOO year was more suitable than the Ulster Hall. Trulv “wisdom was justified of her children.'’ (Laughter.) After the battle of the Somme, with the heroic deeds of tho Ulster Division ringing throughout the world, tho gift of the municipality of Belfast ...

... experiences at the front. gave a very graphic, and indeed thrilling, description the advance the Ist Jnly the great battle of the Somme. He spoke of the various organisations carrying on work amongst the soldiers, and mentioned specially the Soldiers' ...

... Lieutenant Haigh, whose promotion to bis present rank was gazetted lost month, went through the earlier operations of the Battle of the Somme with the Ulster Division, and was fortunate enough to bo on© of the unwourfded officers bis battalion. RANK AND FILE ...