... materially changed, and changed both as a consequence the failure of the enterprise against Verdun and the battle 6 past year and the battles ofthe Somme. It has be kept in mind that unless and until separation of lie Allied foreefc can be brought about no ...

... resources of modern scientific warfare had been employed. This retreat was the result of the Allied success at the Battle of the Somme, which had driven so wide and deep a wedge into the German defensive system that it was endangered both to north and ...

... Our Old Front Line Mr John Masefield gives a picturesque description of the look of tho trenches from , which the Battle of • the Somme started . Major Corbett-Smith in The Marne—and After carries . on the story of thl Old Contemptibles in a sequel ...

... vigorous pro-Ally, and hates Prussian ism because he knows what it means. U The Old Front Line, or the Beginning of the Battle of the Somme. By John Masefield. (Heinemann.) 2s. 6d. A vivid description by an observer who is essentially a poet, y There are fifteen ...

... other part is concerned! with (he battles along the German Tight; wing between and the sea. was always essential this plan separa-; tion that the German right should mean-; while be secure. Now the battles from the Somme onwards have destroyed most the ...

... the men aro crowded togetner, singing, and doing their best overcome the gloom | their persistant good spirits ( the Battle of the Somme, the most important fight in gthese battalions have done was .ue Bailie Anas .n Maj this year. They were then round ...

... July. ~ I—First anniversary of the Battle of the Somme celebrated in Banbridge. Town decorated and a special service in Seapatrick Parish Church. 1 ' 12—Celebration of the anniversary of the Twelfth in Banbridge. Resolutions passed urging the enforcement ...

... et Garmay, and that may be • Nag, Mimes, though acme the Ism WESTERN FRONT. It was ii February that the malt of the Battle ci the Somme became nuinifeet. Began in the previous and motioned until well into the with the capture of many etrong positime the ...

... Smith was volunteer from the 8.1. C, during the present war, and lost an arm while serving with the Irish Guards at the battle of the Somme Head-Constable M. J. Roddy, Delgany, Co. Wicklow, is transferred to Tuam, Co. Galway. Constable J. Reilly, of the Depot ...

... evacuation of the Peninsula he was drafted to France where i has seen much strenuous fick ting, having been engaged at tho Battles of Aras, Somme,Vimy Ridge, Messines,. Ho.is a son of the late Angus Camvpbeil High Street, Oban, and previous 1o enlistment was in ...

... THE WESTERN FRONT. It was in February that the result of the Battle of the Somme became manifest. Begun in the previous summer and continued until well into the autumn, with the capture of many strong positions which the enemy had held for two years, ...

... The British on eff fronts has be factory, even if it has not been fast enough t te amenta. On the Western front the : battles on the Somme came to an end at the b of December last year, amd as a result the line was seriously imperilled. Field-Marshal 1 denburg ...