... Territorials. r capture of Pozteres, July 23-26, 1916, was one of the most interesting and hard- fought incidents of the Battle of the Somme. Pozleres, after the loss of the first G^man defensive zone early In July, became the principal point of the new system ...

... WEEKLY. 57 rivalling even the famous battle of the Somme pictures for vigour and interest, both from the human and the military standpoint. In every advance and w4herever the fighting was hot s Lieut. Aitken and his camera were in it, with results that ...

... heart-failure, at 9 Grevilleplace, Kilburn. Mrs. Garvin was born on Christmas Day. 1875. The death in action in the Battle of the Somme in July, 1916, of her only son had seriously affected her health, and she had recently been suffering from influenza ...

... Count de Sousa, present volume covers operations from the early stages of the Balkan campaign to the loginning of the Battle of the Somme. His purpose is much more to explain why things happened than how they happened. It is therefore as • criticism rather ...

... of the fighting in which the Worcestershires and Wiltshires took part is from Mr. H. Perry Robinson's account of the Battle of the Somme, entitled The Turning Point (Heinemann). The fighting was then towards Thiepval:-- The ground was so torn and battered ...

... other hand, for nearly two years preceding the battle of the Somme, France stood almost alone to face the battering of the German host on the western front and, although, later on, her share in the battle was diminished, she still bore the brunt of the ...

... Siam entered the War. Even more remarkable (added Mr. Reed) was the triumph scored by two films—one of which was The Battle of the Somme —in Siam. They made such an impression on the King that he asked the British Minister at Bankok if he could purchase ...

... Corps in the spring of 1916. Up the High Street of Flers On September 15, 1916, tanks had their baptism of fire in the battle of the Somme, and the record of their christening was well illustrated by the British aviator who sent the message back to General ...

... A Vivid Story of the Somme A ttack, by Edward Liveing (Heinemann). This small book appeared originally in the form of an article in Blackwood' s Magazine. It tells the story of the opening day of the great battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916, as it was ...

... Africans sailed from Egypt on April 12, reached Marseilles on April 27, and on July 14 (1916) were thrown into the battle of the Somme. How They Held Delville Wood The brigade formed part of the famous 9th Division the two other brigades of the division ...

... fought in every battle and on every front. It is a pity that the reticence imposed by military necessity should so often have concealed the great deeds of these troops. At the end of Sir Douglas Haig's despatch on the Battle of the Somme in 1916 there is ...

... Irish divisions landed in France, the Ulster division arriving a short time before the other. On the first day of the battle of the Somme, July 1, the Ulstermen got a chance of showing their worth, and well they proved it, around Thiepval. The 16th Division ...