The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-09-14
STRUGGLE
ALONG THE SOMNE
Allies Driving and Broadening
Their Wedge.
MILLION AND HALF MEN
Fighting Rages over 24-Mile Front
With combIes and Peronne AZ
Allies obIeetive--BrItish Con.
tInue To Advance.

Paris,--The French troops have cap
tured the village OF Ommiecourt, hos
pltal farm. Rainnette Wood and part
Of Marrieres Wood and progressed In
other regions north of the Sommc, ac'
cording to the official communication
issued by the War Office.
South Of the Somme the French cap.
tured a line of German trenches and
repulsed all countcrattacks. The pris'
oners captured number $3.50 and the
cannon So.
Vigorous counter-attacks were made
by the Germans north Of the Somme
in an effort to regain ground taken in
the new drive of the French.
German counter.strokes Vain.
The German assaults north of the
Somme were delivered between Com.
bles and Forest South OF the river
unsuccessful blows were struck by the
Germans east OF Belloy. In these
operations the French took 100 prison.
ers.
The activities of the French are
again being hindered by bad weather.
The French are organizing their new.
ly.wOn ground.
The lighting now going on for the
town Of Thiepval, In the Somme re
gion, well deserves to be called
great BATTLE says the authorized
correspondent at the front OF La
Liberte.
The scene OF the attack, continues
the correspondent, may be divided into
two parts. one running from Thiepval
to Clery, half OF which is held by the
British and half by the French, the
point Of junction being Falfemont
farm.
co.nbles French Objective.
The object of these forces, says the
correspondent. is Complies, the key to
the approach to Bapaume, now a yeri-
table fortress held by the Germans.
Two days ago the British were 1900
yards from Combles. After the ad.
vance to the village of Forest, they are
now only 400 yards from the town.
The other part of the front is south
OF the Somme, with Peronne for its
objective and for an attack on which
artillery preparation now is in prog.
ress.
Between Vermendovillers and Mari
court. the writer says, the French car.
ried the whole OF the first German
positions along a front OF more than
two and half miles, the successive
line OF trenches falling into the hands
of the French.
20 Villages Regained.
The capture OF Soyeeourt and Chilly
by the French makes total OF 80 vii.
lagos taken since the start of the Of
fensive on the Somme front,
At Barleaux, one OF the stronges,
positions on this front, repeated direct
attacks were unsuccessful and the
French finally resorled to a turning
movement. attacking to the southwest
The Germans counter attacked no less
than six times In desperate effort to
regain lost ground.
The smashing blows which General
Foch has delivered north and south Of
the Somme have transformed the
pointed wedge In the German lines into
a square block, which will hammer
General Won Gallwitz's defenses till
Combles, Peronne and Bapaume fall
and the German retreat from the
Noyon salient is military necessity.
With the extension of the battle TO
the south Of the Somme 100000 men
were locked into a iye-hour struggle.
the upshot of which was distinct
gain OF ground, prisoners and guns for
the Allies.