... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Germans have made fruitless ts north and south of the Somme to er some of the ground the Allies are (odically ■wresting from them. Guillemont Station and the Iry the enemy attacked with such fury they reached the parapet of the trenches ...

... battle OF THE SOMME French troops in immediate contact •i, north the Somme haro .-he rillace Sailly-Saillisel, „jpicd tiio houses along the 01 The Germans made a violent attack, they used flaming liquid, against ti«h tniops the Redoubt, rt ), ~f Thiepval ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME WTiat of the Western Front? There what may be described as the Battle of the Somme —most of the big battles on this side are named after riverscontinues, and bit by bit the Allies are wresting further ground from the ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME North of the Somme, the French have carried system of enemy trench''- north west of Sailly-SailUsel, and have als» made progress the direction of Saillisel (south east Sallly). South of the Somme, near the river, the Germans gained ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME With improvement the weather th*' Somme battle front, there has been resumption infantry activity. North the river combined Franco- Bntisli attack resulted in progress to the -isr and north-east of I/esboeuhs the reel ion of Transloy ...

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME had weather has interfered with operalo,hs on the Somme front, but, despite favourable conditions, British troops made progress catt Delville Wood won some minor successes near °hquct Farm (south-east of Thiepval). RUSSIAN SUCCESSES ...

... whether you will have your bedtime milk warm or cold. The Somme. JUNE is nearly over. and the first day of July remains a day of solemn significance. It is nineteen years since the Battle of the Somme was fought, but it will be more than another nineteen ...

... early yesterday morning in the Somme district, developed into a battle on a great scale and of great violence. North of the Somme the battle raged a front of about thirty kilometres (about twenty miles), from Beaumont the Somme. Despite ...

... rwr BATTLE OF THE SOMME French have consolidated their throe-mile front south the between and Chaulnes, and .it some pointa advanced means firhting. Tiw number prisomers has risen to 1 including twenty-seven officers. There was heavy slitlling yesterday ...

... THf. BATTLE or THE SOMME. the German official comjiuiiique, which issued some hours rt rlicr than tho British account of the fighting, lias been tremendous cortiunous .iftillen- fighting on the The enemy claim re-captaro from tho of isolated trench north ...

... THE BATTLE OF THF SOMME British troops have made further profess east Beau court, * along the bank the River Ancre. South-west Bapaume a strong German counter .attack succeeded in re anturimr seme of the ground cast the Butte de Warlencourt, taken from ...

... I BATTLE OF THF. SOMME Tho French hold the village -ijullv and its environs on the Perooinc- road, and have made fresh prorress south-west of Pcrcwine, where the Germane arc precarious position in the bend of the Somme, having than thousand yards space ...