... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME IN SEPTEMBER 1916 : THE SIMPLE WOODEN CROSS SET UP AFTER THE BATTLE. The monument in memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and guardsmen of the Guards Division who fell in action during the Battle of the ...

... GUARDS' MEMORIAL ON THE SOMME.—The wooden cross erected after the Battle of the Somme in 1916 to the Guards’ Division. The granite cross unveiled by Major-General Sir Geoffrey Feilding on Sunday at Les Boeufs will make a more permanent memorial. s ,& ...

... The scene in front of the City Hall at Belfast during the commemoration ceremony held on the anniversary of the Battle of the ,Somme. , On the right is -Lieutenant- SERVICES SPORTS.—Marine Lewis winning the half mile at the athletic contest in which Navy ...

... last week, but the business done on the whole is well above the average. The recent newspaper controversy on the Battle of the Somme appears to have had a stimulating effect on its screening at the Alhambra, for on the opening night there were long ...

... was duly vouchsafed. For the British version of Verdun, he has produced a happy and appropriate ending. During the Battle of the Somme, a poilu, who has been taken prisoner by the Germans at Verdun, escapes, and, entering the British lines, meets a Tommy ...

... 5,000 USED OM THE SOMME Five thousand of the birds were used by the French alone in the battle of the Somme. Another, valuable use for them wa the carrying of messages from advancing tanks to the attacking forces. Pigeons attached to the Intelligence ...

... that the diary will one day throw much new light on several subjects of controversy, including the prosecution of the battle of the Somme, the units of command, and the extent to which politicians Interfered with the generals. Earl fiaig preserved complete ...

... seventeen, he said yesterday, I joined the Public Schools Battalion and went to France. On July 1, 1916, I had a private battle on the Somme with four of the enemy. I had got cut off from my company, and myself about twenty yards from the German front line ...

... those British hammer blows which, as Foch has admitted, won the war. _ _ _ . . On July 1. 1916. Haig opened the First Battle of the Somme. It was the bloodiest day In the history of the British Army, and was followed by a wearing series of local engagements; ...

... probably be away for three months. Asked about his operations he whimsically explained that they arose out of a private battle on the Somme ‘‘itli four German Bed Cross men, had been cut off from his company 20 yards from the German line and one of the German ...

... England and underwent three operations. He afterwards joined the Hying Corps and went to France as a pilot. ! During the battle of the Somme he was shot down in flight, had a miraculous escape from death. He received three bullet wounds, two in the back and ...

... the London Scottish Regiment, a barrister-at-law, and a former. student at St. Paul's School, gave his life at the battle of the Somme in the Great War. . .. . • ~- - .. • THE. , 7 '1 SIGN OF / / ,-,-, isiai rs SIGN OF ECONOMY --L-----:----7-- --,-.. ...