BATTLE OF THE SOMME.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 145045, 22 July 1916, Page 2

BATTLE OF THE SOMME.

STILL BEING WAGED WITH FUEL

n splendid no woe made.

GOOD WORK BY LONDON TERRITORIALS.

■ The advance, of the British and'French’- still continues\lo"gam ground from the Germans. Desperate’ counter-attacks - have -been made, but they have been resisted with Tesdlutidh-and -have -gained little. - The;’statement that the Allies have, already, us much ground, as that secured by the Germans, at .Verdun, is most encouraging. The Germans at Verdun; Have securedi-an-area 20 miles by 4 or 0 miles. The Russians are still doing,well!and pushing on towards Lemberg. ■ _ V,2''A':'