Transcriber's Notes. 1. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. 2. Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors. 3. Page 24: Illustration caption should read "General Rawlinson". Caption corrected. 4. Page 96: The original reads "The Liberation [on] Montdidier. (_August 8-10, 1918._)." This is probably an error and should read "The Liberation [of] Montdidier. (_August 8-10, 1918._)." Text not changed. 5. Page 123: (_from Mareuil to Thiescourt_). Missing bracket added. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Somme, Volume 2. The Second Battle of the Somme (1918), by Michelin & Cie