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The battle of the Somme has continued throughout the week.

The British Armies from the north of the Ancre down to the neighbourhood of Roye have exercised a heavy pressure on the enemy, who has vainly tried by violent counter-attacks to arrest our progress. On Friday weak we gained ground north of the Somme in the hills east of Morlancourt. South of the river our troops pushed forward near Proyart last Saturday and near Lihons last Sunday. The enemy offered a determined resistance amid the ruins of the old trench-lines of 1914-17, which appear to be still formidable obstacles. It may be inferred, however, that our object was rather to occupy the German reherves at this point than to press forward with undue haste.

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