The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-09-21
British Are Strengthening New
Lines While French Bore In
South of Somme, TAX
ing Strong Positions.
GAINING IN MACEDONIA
Bulgars Are Being Steadily
Forced Back BY Serbs
Rumanians Suffer Sc
we're Defeats.

Paris, Sept 19.--The new thrust by
the French, south of the river Somme
In northern France, where the impor-
tant railway town Of Chaulnes is their
objective, has resulted in The complete
encircling of the village of Denicourt,
the Paris war office announced.
Denicourt formed the center of the
wedge the French are driving into the
German lines north of Chaulnes, its re-
sistance holding up their advance be-
tween Berry and Vermandovillers.
complete occupation Of which village
by the French was announced last
night.
Further progress has been made by
the French in this region and heavy
counter attacks by the Germans on the
new French positions, both north and
south of the Somme, have been re-
pulsed, according to today's report,
which announces the Germans sus-
tanned enormou losses, two battalions
being nearly wiped out. The French
have taken 1900 prisoners n 10 ma
chine uns.
The British are keeping up their
forward push north of the Somme,
scoring their advances, however, at
Isolated points, apparently in opera
tions to straighten their line n secure
their hold on captured ground. London
today reports an appreciate advance
on the left bank, where the British line
has been driven further toward Les
Sars, along the Pozieres- Bapaume
road, north Of Martinpuich and east Of
Courcelette.
The French and British have taken
between 5000 and 1000 prisoners in
the fighting since last Friday. .
Take Mouquet Farm.
The British Sunday took the Mou-
quet farm. On two former occasions
they had been on the premises, but
were unable to remain there. 1t was
q strong point on the right Of the Brit
ish battle line, where a garrison of
Germans and their machine guns
seemed proof against shell fire.
They had the usual deep cellars and
runways underground, and, driven
from one exit by shell fire, they would
emerge from another. The British got
entirely around their burrows and
called down the cellar stars for them
to surrender. The Germans thought
that a counter attack would come to
their assistance as before. The British
however, assured them that o n would
come to their assistance as they had
the trench all the way around the farm
to prevent their exit or aid from COM
ing to them. Still the Germans refused
to yield, and the result was that the
British blew in all the cellar doors. But
SuCH ptISlSlcllI uiBSSiS II lhe IcE-
mans. that the British are not certain
but they had some underground pas
cage for escape.
The British also cleared up the DAN
ube trench in the old German first line
near Thiepval, which is the hinge of
the Somme battle line. The German
official report Of Fridays battle made
particularly interesting reading at the
froHt.
Small bodies Of British infantry have
been in both the villages Of Lesboueufs
and Guedecourt, beyond Flers, which
was taken Friday, and the British line
is now close to these villages.
Talking with officers Of corps en-
gagged in the fighting of the last three
days, they estimate the losses from
two to n to five to one for the Ger
as against those of the British.
In one sector the ratio was estimated
at as high as 8 to /.
The s~upervolume of the British shell
fire, now that the Germans are forced
into the open has a telling effect.
A raid by British naval aeroplanes
on German aerodromes at st. Dennis
and WeStrehem is reported in an off,
Cial statement issued by the war office.
The statement says:
Yesterday afternoon a squadron Of
u naval aeroplanes carried out a
further attack on enemy aerodromes at
St. Dennis and Westrehem. A large
number of bombs were dropped with
successful results. One of our machines
was obliged to make a forced landing
in Holland and the pilot has been in
termed"