... 1918. Among the colour illustrations are Mr. W. B. Wollen's picture of the London Territorials at Pozieres during the battle of the Somme in 1916, and Mr. F. Roe's painting showing the Suffolks at Neuve Chapelle. 1919. THE MOST ACCEPTABLE PRESENT FOR HER-- ...

... 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 ...

... 'pres. Sir Douglas Haig has led his troops through the hard fighting of the last two-and-a-half years, through the battles of the Somme up to the great forward attacks which clinched le final victory, the hammer blows which Marshal Foch declared were ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... following report on the operations of the under my command since the successful termination of the great defensive battles on the Somme and Lys Riven% which were described in my last dispatch. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. (l) of ' At the end of Apeth the Annie ...

... 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 ...

... another desperate struggle. During the battle they were reinforced! by • sixth division. their ranks were' filled with boys of under uo. who had sent out from to fill the gaps caused by the great battles op the Somme and in 'lender., and how nobly thev acquitted ...