The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . of them affords ample com-pensation for the splendid efforts of our troops andfor the sacritices made by ourselves and our Allies. hausted in the Somme battle, and these troops werealways replaced on the Western front by fresh di-visions. In November the strength of the enemyin the Western theatre of war was
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . of them affords ample com-pensation for the splendid efforts of our troops andfor the sacritices made by ourselves and our Allies. hausted in the Somme battle, and these troops werealways replaced on the Western front by fresh di-visions. In November the strength of the enemyin the Western theatre of war was greater than mJuly, notwithstanding the abandonment of hisoffensive at Verdun. . The third great object ofthe Allied operations on the Somme was the wear-ing down of the enemys powers of resistance. Anystatement of the extent to which this has been at-tained must depend in some degree on is, nevertheless, sufficient evidence to placeit beyond doubt that the enemys losses in menand material have been very considerably higherthan those of the Allies, while morally the balanceof advantage on our side is still greater. Duringthe period under review a steady deterioration tookplace in the morale of large numbers of the en-emys troops. Many of them, it is true, fough. (g British iiiEoial photo BRITISH CAVALRY PASSING BY THE RUIXS OF THE FAMOUS ALBERT CATHEDRAL . . The desperate struggle for the possession ofVerdun had invested that place with a moral andpohtical importance out of all proportion to itsmilitary value. Its fall would undoubtedly havebeen proclaimed as a great victory for our en-emies, and would have shaken the faith of many inour ultimate success. The failure of the enemy tocapture it, despite great efforts and very heavylosses, was a severe blow to his prestige, especiallyin view of the confidence he had openly expressedas to the results of the struggle. Information ob-tained both during the progress of the Somme bat-tle and since the suspension of acti
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