... WAR BREVIRUIL During the fighting on the Somme in the period August 21 to 25 we have cap tore 116 square miles of territory. In the old battle of the Somme. which lasted from July 1 to October 31, we took only 44 square miles. and our losses in that blade ...

... men under your command their warmest congratulations on the great triumph achieved by the Allied arms this the third battle of the Somme. The British Empire sends its heartfelt thanks to you and your most gallant troops. ...

... ship that s bound for Blighty,” The eirl left behind me,” Just before th/battle. mothex,” and The wee amang the heather”; also the fol lowing recitations:-'’The Battle of the Somme” Paterson? rTy WOn and Johnnie Ranger, France, sends request for ...

... Has Been Dealt Them by Haig Amsterdam, Saturday. The German evening papers of Friday publish short comments on the battle of the Somme. Some admit General Haig has given the Germans a. serious check, but explain the withdrawal was due to the un favourable ...

... arm but is mending well. His brother, David, a promising student of St. Andrews University, was killed in the first battle of the Somme. A.B.H.G. John Cable, of the Royal Naval Division, comes of game stock. His father, John Cable of Zoar, remembered as ...

... appointed to the command of the Fourth Army in the spring of 1916. and for five months he and his mcn bore the brunt of the battle of the !Somme. It was he who drove the Huns from Cbntalma'son. High Wood, DelviVe Wool, and Guillernont. He led the southern part ...

... but by cutting down Prince Rupprecht's command. The new Commandant General O'Berst von who distinsniishpd himself in the Somme battles of 1916. Born in 1850, he got his commission in the 3d Foot Guards Regiment at the age of 17. In the Franco-German War ...