... 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. ...

... Eklter, and Co.>, by Jaeut. jC'liiani Noel Hodgson, late of the 9th Devon fi■■Kuiiont, an Old Dunelmian. who fell Battle of the Somme, July I, 1916. ...

... flimsier the better. When we read of all the assaults the Allies having collapsed during the past year, we think of the Battle of the Somme as recorded in Sir Douglas Haig’s dispatch, of the glory of the French Verdun, of the brilliant offensive of our ...

... mine sweepers, trawlers, etc.; “The Broken Wing,” a new volume of poetry by the Hindu poet, Mrs. Sarojini Naidu; * The Battles of the Somme,”’ a new book, by Mr. Philip Gibbs; a cheap, shilling edition of * The Nature of Man,” by Elie Metchnikoff. Tue Iris ...

... were not successes at all. Nineteen sixteen brought tv all-important events in the Jutland beaitle, and the Somme episode. The Jutland battle is still a sore point with many sturdy Britishers. Consequences have proved to us (far more than the communiqués ...

... from Gallipoli. HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE. General Sir Douglas Haig has received well-deserved promotion for the Battle of the Somme. It is announced to-night that has been appointed a Field-Marshal distinguished service in the field. Field- Marshal ...

... 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 ...

... county had responded—as teachers might have been expected do—to the call of duty. SURREY' SACRIFICES. KUT, JUTLAND BATTLE, AND THE SOMME. war necessarily moans suffering and sacrifice has been borne in u.ion in very special\iianncr during the past year ...

... gloomy. (mrm.mi has done little to Justify her claums during the past vear. She boasts of victories, but we reeall vhe battles of the Somme, of Verdun, and of Jutland. To represent these as German victornes may scem the height of wisdom and cunning to the ...

... 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 ...

... FIEL! A dated January 1 It that further tary connection with will published 25 naval the battle niine-Btvcopiug tiers RSO’s tiud the ilitary o:' took Battle of tho Somme ''ank Field Lieut -General H S Itawlinson Jln t Fourth is to General H la P in Fifth ...

... SOMME RESULTS. I’OWEU THE EEW BRITISH ARMY. GERMAN FAILURES. semi official message trom Pans, dealing with the successes in Prance, and particularly with the Battle the Somme, points out that the pow er of the new British Army, whose strength is daily ...