... encouragement the people of Montrenil extended their chiefs. M. Maginot recalled that was fifteen years a day since the Battle of the Somme, the first large scale engagement Lord Haig undertook. He was a gallant man and a great soldier,’' added tiie Minister ...

... the coat of the Leeds ‘“Pals’’ Yorkshire (Sth West it is ill be ready Memorial, w for unveil: on July teenth t the Battle of the Somme. versary has a ly been made to Po Pals’ Association, and it is felt there must be relatives a rie. who wou like to ...

... his adventures. It is probably for the war films made by him in France that Captain Malins is best known—the Battle of the Somme ” and the Battle of the Tanks,” taken under almost impossible conditions. Next month he is to lead the British-Africa Trade ...

... paraded at the commemoration service held yesterday at the Cenotaph in City Square, Leeds, for men who fell in the Battle of the Somme, 1916. Among those present, under the command of the Legion president, Lt.-Col. H. V. Kitson, were members of the women’s ...

... dinner honour of the Division in 1919, he said: “I was charged with wanton waste of the men entrusted to my command the battle of the Somme. I repudiate that charge with indignation. The measures taken which led to this loss were either in opposition to r ...

... Western Front with the 10th (Service) Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, and was with them during and after the battle of the Somme. I remember rightly,” writes a correspondent, he was Second-in-Command of that unit to Lieut.-Col. Slasher ’ Haynes—so ...

... peaking at a Wiser in honour of the division in 1919, gaid; “I was with wanton waste of the men entrusted o my command at battle of the Somme. repudiate that charge with indigna- tion. The measures taken which led to this loss were either iD Opposition to my ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. ■jyO one who took part in it will need to reminded that one of the great anniversaries of the War falls to-day. It was at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday, July Ist, 1916, that our troops and the French opened the Battle of the Somme. The ...

... LEEDS SERVICE. Memory of Comrades of the Somme. To commemorate the men of Leeds and district who made the supreme 1 sacrifice during the battle of the Somme in July, 1916, the Leeds Branch of the British Legion held a Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph ...

... SOMME ANNIVERSARY. The anniversary of the battle of the Somme, and the tenth anniversary of the formation of the British Legion was commemorated yesterday by service the Rotherham Cenotaph, at which members of the Rotherham, Dalton and Thrybergh, Canklow ...

... might even rise to the highest command in France. v But fate began to turn against him. His share in the protracted Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, when in command of the Reserve Armv, was not correctly estimated by the civil authorities at ...

... now well advanced, and it is hoped that it will be ready for unveiling on July 1 next, the 15th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. The Memorial takes the form of a mural tablet with the central figure of “St. George” in armour, the work of Mr Ernest ...