... years II months old, and is to-day only 18. His father and four brothers were all killed in the first • advance of the battle of the Somme and his mother and three sisters were killed in air raids. We now read that he hopes before long to find suitable ...

... • General Bawlinson said he had had the advantage of commanding at various times the troops from overseas, from the battle of the Somme in 1916. As professional soldier he •wished to testify to what the Empire owed those splendid forces. . General Rawlmson ...

... family connected, they recruited so many of the 51st Division, than which no Division famous. whether they looked to the battle of the Somme in 1916. the of Arras. Tprss, and Cambrai, or thane of 1919. In all the 51st Dave:non covered itself and Scotland with ...

... action, foron the 9th of May, 1915, it took part in the battle of Festubert. On the 25th of May it fought in the Battle of Givenchy, and on the 25th of September in the same year it fought in the Battle of Loos. The Battalion, after recuperating was again ...

... of the future, might well prove to have been derisive in the greatest battle of the world—the battle of the Marne. (Cheers.) As for the New Army which came into the battle of the Somme. it bore the rest of the brunt of war in the West under the command ...

... story of the actual struggle. The author skilfully guides us through the actions of the second battle of the Somme, the battles of the Lys, and the third battle of the Aisne. Thence we turn to Italy, and see the downfall of the Austrians through their attempt ...

... four London divisions. the Prince said he had the honour of serving with the London men in the later stages of the Battle of the Somme. But the part of his address which took the audience by storm was that in which he spoke of the effect of the war upon ...

... thongh the first time it went Into aittion as disivieee at the Battle of Loos in the following September. Since then the divitdon has been engaged in moat of the offensives. at N'imy, on the. Somme, at Megrims, at Ypres. and at Cambral, while last year it ...

... action at (jtommoeourt on the Ist July. 1919, and* 1 had the honour oi serving with them the. later.; stagis of the Battle of the Somme. ’. In 1917 the division distinguished itself dn the Arias and offensives, while last year it endured as hard fighting ...

... Co-respondent, giving evidence, denied any misconduct. lie pained the Army, became lieutenant, and was present the Battle of the Somme, he said. He had naver visited Mrs. Cunningham in his pyjamas, and she had not visited him her nightdress. He was 30 ...

... the exploits of the regiment on many a bloody field Chapelle Fromelles Festubert Ridge Battle of the Somme battle of Arras battles of Ypres are somo of the battles in you fought in France have your losses some 1100 officers and men who will ...

... mately adequate to the operations the conduct of September (1915) major operations was enormous. Throughout the Battles lasted for Somme battle the days, and almost expenditure arran Into weeks, and tlllery ammunition there was short- had to watched age ...