... to believe that any bombardment could surpass in power and spectacular effect that which ushered in the Battle of the Somme a year ago or the Battle of Arras last April, but unquestionably this morning's bombardment did so. It was terrific beyond words ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... quality, and the record this year is that the proportion of premature explosions is IS times lees than it wee in the Battle of the Somme. with the result that Sir Douglas the other day paid a high tribute to tile quality of ammunition. ...

... per cent, within the year, and that the number of duds and of premature explosions has greatly decreased since the Battle of the Somme. We are getting back the runt nil of products like potash, and of manufactures such as optic glass, which the enemy ...

... No troops have clone sterling work with less fuss and notoriety than the Welshmen. During last summer, before the Battle of the Somme, the hulk of the Welsh troops performed long and testing service, holding, with obstinate courage, one of the most difficult ...