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... of the great ridges on which the enemy posted himself in 1914. The Albert Ridge went in the Battle of the Somme; the N'itny Ridge on the first day of the Battle of Arras; and now the Messines Ridge has also gone. Our Correspondent at Headquarters sends ...
... Military Medal t o s er vant, Eagle, of the Worcester., now attached to a local battalion, for gallantry dtuing the battle of the Somme. Sergeant Eagle had the added for further gallantry in March, 1917. He stayed behind in the German front line trenches ...
... the war. To-day the most they hoped for was a stalemate or inconclusive peace. That was what had been achieved by the Battle of the Somme. (Cheers.) It was a long step from the expectation of victory to the of being unable to win. It was a very short step ...
... the last 111 days of the Battle of the and the OM lg digs of this battle. I have just had these figures. In the first 19 days of the Battle of the Sesame we captured 11,000_prizoners 54 guns. In the first 18 days of the Battle of we captured 18,800 prisoners ...
... Crown Prince of Rumania. Arrangements being made for an early issue of copies of Sir Douglas llaig's dispatch on the battle of the Somme to the troope in Prance. As there are only 3.000 tons of and 4.000 tonis of coke in private import !muses in Christiania ...
... the Some people thought that the 1t..t.31.r. was without danger, but they . more than 400 doctors were killedl ei the battle of the Somme alone. At.l nu, xe were lamentably short of doctors utoch had to be done now and the! • afraid would have to be done ...
... the village on a hill, almost a fortress in itself, where we met with such a serious repulse on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Yesterday (he powerfullydefended village of Puisieux was entered, and N% C also advanced to Thilloy, about a mile from ...
... missing. •Tb , nieasure of Monday's suocess may be ' l 'o4 by the fart that in his night dispatch I. the first day of the Battle of the Somme, ‘ b. Haig repo rt od that up to date over 2,000 , pntoners have passed through our ml- Ong stations. and that it ...
... 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 ...
... Ridge is in our hands. One may regard this as a separate battle, to be called, perhaps, the Battle of Messines. Another one may regard it only as a legitimate development of and step in the Battle of Arras. In any case, it is a great victory, and while ...
... under the command of • single chief, General von lloeppner, a cavalryman, young for his rank, who had served through the Somme battle as Chief of Staff of General von Below's Army. It is to the energy and inventiveness of this officer that the Germans owe ...
... Services of the belligerents during any one month of the Battle of the Somme seem small when compared with those which are recorded for April. In July of last year, when the Allied offensive on the Somme began, there were 165 British, French, and German machines ...