... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The story of the battle of the Somme is brought to a conclusion in Part 141 (vol. xi.) of the Times History and Encyclopedia the War. Six parts have been devoted to this phase of the great Franco-Bntish offensive, which began ...

... were in progress almost continuously during the five months from July to November, and which are known to us as the Battle of the Somme. In the despatch this great struggle is divided into certain well-defined phases, and arc able to judge that these great ...

... Ancre and extends in the direction of Hebuterne. Serre was unsuccessfully attacked on July 1, the first day of the battle of the Somme, as well as on subsequent occasions. Two weeks ago, following the capture of Grandcourt and Baillescourt, our troops ...

... obtained in September, 1915, the command of a battalion of ms regiment, with which he served nntil his death. During the Battle of the Somme he was dangerously wounded and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in recognition of his marked gallantry ...

... October number of this periodical is only now to hand; it contains a very clear and eminently instructive article on the Battle of the Somme, by Captain A. V. Gompertz, R.E., in which he has succeeded in being brief without sacrifice of any important features ...

... ourselves were very badly treated by the skies in October of last year, showing what a gain it would have been to if the Battle of the Somme could have commenced on May 1 instead of on July 1. That the enemy has accumulated sufficient of a manoeuvre reserve ...

... NAT* AZETIW EXTRACTS FROM GEN. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG’S DESPATCH OF DEjL 23, 1916 The total number prisoners taken us the Somme battle between July 1 ,and. Nov. 18 is just over 38,000, including over 800 officers Dunng the same period captured 29 heavy guns ...

... strongly-fortified positions. These successes are a fitting sequel to the fine achievements of my Army last yeai in the Battle of the Somme, and refiect great credit on those responsible for drawing up the plans of this campaign. “George R.I. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG’S ...

... literary labours are unceasing. He has written in his vivid style a deeply interesting account of the first phase of the Battle _of the Somme,” lucid and compelling, and well supplied with maps and official illustrations. It is published at one shilling Messrs ...

... have captured vast numbers of German prisoners and put out of action very many thousands of German soldiers. But the battle of the Somme has had moral as well as other results; the German power of resistance has been found to have seriously deteriorated; ...

... (Murray. ss. net.) The war experiences of Brigadier-Gen. Henry Page Croft, C.M.G., M.P., until the end of the first Battle of the Somme. The Fleets Behind the Fleet. (Hodder and Stoughton. 2s. fid. net ) . The work, which can never be sufficiently or too ...

... prophesying smooth things to their readers in respect of our campaign of Ypres, as they were at an earlier stage and at the Battle of the Somme and Ancre. They have found that even Germans cannot stand just the same sort of disappointment an indefinite number ...