... Whins of Milton, and is now at Falkirk. Private Aitken went to France in Januarv. 1915, and was severely wounded at the battle' of the Somme in July, 1916. After recovering was classed as C 3, and sent to tne depot of the Gordon Highlanders to clerical work ...

... and doing their best to overcome the gloom by their persistent good spirits. Since Battle of the Somme, the most important fighting these battalions have done was the Battle Arras in May this year. They wei'e then round about Gavrelle, and had very stiff ...

... are crowded together, singing and doing their best to overcome the gloom by their persstent good apirits. ~ Since the Battle of the Somme, the most important fighting these battalions have done was in the bßattle of Arras in May of this year. They were then ...

... 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 ...

... in St Mark's Church to Captain J. W. Ralphs, R.F.A,, second son of Mr. and Mra Joel Ralphs, killed in action at the Battle of the Somme, 15th July, 1916. 26 Presentation to Alderman T. H. Gordon, retiring Tawn Clerk, by the members of the Tawn Council ...

... 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 ...

... volun. l'- er from the R I.C. during the present war, and {lost an arm while serving with the Irish Guards [avflu-_ battle of the Somme - - ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... arrival of th 3 American armies will finally turn the scale. 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 mane strong ...

... local beteavement than did 1915, •with its Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Loos, and Gallipoli. or 1916. with the bloody battle. of the Somme and the battle of Jutland. Nevertheless the toll of our brave young men has been grievously heavy, and many homes in this dis-j ...