The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-27

lack OF munitions resulted in the aban-
Comment of that offensive movement.
The French were able. however. to
capture the strongly fortified position
near Melville known as the Labyrinth
and the outskirts Of the village Of Sou
chez, which, on account Of Its peculiar
position was extremely important stra-
logically. The Germans by "A counter
attack with large forces were able later
TO retake and hold the Souchez ceme-
terry, which they turned into a fort.
As a result Of last nights operations
the French have been able not only
TO retake the cemetery OF SouChez but
the village itself and push onward a
considerable distance to the east I'm the
direction of GivenChy. d.
Despite numerous attacks by the Brit
ish on the positions at La Bassee lying
to the north Of Arras. they " been
unable to dlslodge the Germans. A new
attempt is now being made. that of cut
ting on La Bassee from the south.
Should the British pe able TO capture
this position. the fate OF Lille liz in
their hands.
The British advance. according to lat
est reports. has reached the villages Of
Loos and Hulluch. but considerable
ground yet remains to be gained before
the la Bassee position will be unten-
able for the Germans.
The night c~ommuniqua was as fol-
lows:
Our attack north OF Arras rcsulted
in our making new progress. We oc-
cupied In n single assault the entire
village OF Souchez and advanced east
ward in the direction OF Givenchy.
Further to the south we reached the
Wage of La Fol!e and advanced to
q north of Thelus as far as the
~regraph station. which has been de-
stroyed. In this fighting we cap
tured 1000 prisoners.
In Champagne our troops continued
20 gain ground after having crossed
on almost the entire front from
AuberIve to Ville-sur-Tourbe the
powerful wire entanRlements and for
titled trenches. field forts and abbatis
perfected by the enemy during many
0nths. our troops made progress
toward thu north. forcing the German
position of trenches. three or -four
kilometcrs to the rear. Fighting con-
Lnues the whole front.
We havr> reached the crest Of Vide
grand. passed the cabin on the road
from Souain to Somme-Py and Ia
barque on the road from Souain to
Tahure. Further to the east we hold
the Maisons de Champagne farm.
The enemy suffered very heavy
losses as a result OF u Are ana in
hand to hand fighting. He left con-
siderable booty in the earthworks
which he abandoned which has not
YET been cnii' ID Up 10 the present
time we alN tJle TO report the cap
ture Of tw, s,--four field guns. The
number OF ~ ,oners taken is !ncreas-
ing and up -, the present time has
exceeded 1910 u~nwoundcd men, OF
which at least 200 are officers. Along
the entire front the allied troops in
two days have captured more than
10000 unwounded prisoners.
The afternoon statement said
In Artois we maintained during the
night the positions which we won
yesterday. These include the Chateau
De Careful. the Cemetery of Souchez
and the last trench which the enemy
continued to occupy TO the east Of the
fortified position called the "Laby-
ninth"
In Champagne, stubborn fighting
continues on the whole front, our
troops have penetrated the German
lines along a front of twenty-five kilo-
meters Chfteen miles, for "A depth
varying from one TO four kIlometers
(~ive-eighths of a mile TO two and one
halt miles). our troops in the course
of the night maintained all the po-
oitions conquered.
The number Of prisoners actually
enumerated exceeds L.. 600 men.
Except for one surprise action Of
our artillery on the German works in
The region OF Launois. In the Ban de
eapt. there is nothing 20 report on the
rest OF the front.