The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-27
BRITISH REPORT
 NEW ADVANTAGES
poyieres Is Focal Point Claimed Anqlo Toll Is Heavy-Advance Toward Bapaume Still Blocked
 by Resistance of German Hosts

London, July 24-The British .var office reports new and import ant advantages gained by the Brit isb in their fight for Pozieres, the nresent local point of attack in the Somme region. The place is con- sidered of great tactical import anee. as blocking an advance of the British toward Bapaume. General Sir Douglas Haig reports also, gains of ground near Highwood and the vicinity of GuilIemont. or the Brit ish left flank.
 The London official statement fol- lows:
 Apart from continuous heavy shelling by both sides during the night. comparative calm followed the severe fighting of Sunday.
 Sunday between Highw0od and Guillemont repeated counter-at- tacks by the enemy gained for him no advantage and heavy casualties were inflicted by our artillery and machine gun fire.
 We gained some ground near HlHilWOOus dllu III blit dil tbtAJh OA GuillemOnt. In the neighborhoOd of Pozieres We secured important adcantages in spite of the stubborn defense of the enemy. and large portion of the village is now in our hands Here we have captured two guns and sixty more prisoners
 Rains Stop French.
 Paris announces the continuance of bad weather along the French front in the Somme region and a cessation for the time being of the active operations there, adding:
 North of the Aisne reconnoiter- ing parties penetrated enemy trenches near Vailly and brought back prisoners.
 "0n the right bank of the Mouse last night in the course of a small action of a detail surrounding Cha belle Sainte Fine, we captured thir- ty prisoners According to the lat est information the total number of prisoners taken by us in the last ten days in this sector amounts to S00
 During the night a German avi- ator dropped bombs on Luneville.
 
 Lieutenant Chapat Sunday brought down his eighth enemy aeroplane, which fell near Fresnes- -En-Woe- yre. A second German machine which was attacked fell near Fort Vaux. On the night of July 22-23, and during the day of July 23. our aeroplanes dropped eight shells up- on the railroad station at Conflans, forty-one upon the barracks near Vlgneulles and twenty-five upon the aerdrome at Dieuge.
 German War Review.
 The official German statement of Monday follows;
 Tt is now evident that the British attacks reported Sunday against the front from Thiepval to Guillemont were made by parts of eleven Brit lsh divisions, several of which were hurried from other fronts. The only advantage gained by the ene- my on the whole line not rectified by the Germans is that he entered some houses in pOzieres, for which ne paid in extraordinarily heavy losses.
 The enemy was defeated at Lon gueval by a powerful counter-at- tack by the Bradenburg grenadiers Of DOuaumont fame.
 Tn the gravel pit southwest of Guillemont where the enemy had temporarily gained a footing, the Germans took prisoner three off, eers and i4i men unwounded.
 South of the Somme. small French enterprises failed under the west of Vermandovillers.
 There has been only a temporary decrease in the artillery engage ment.
 Since July i5 up to the present, booty taken by us has been counted as comprising 6S machine guns. On the right bank of the Mouse lFerdun sector) the artillery ac- uVlty on both sides at several times assumed great intensity. The in- lantry has not been active"
 Berlin, July 24.-The only advan- age gained by the British in the lghtlng on the Somme front Sun uay says the German official state ment issued Monday, was the pen euatlon of few houses in the vil- age Of Pozieres, for which they paid With heavy and sanguinary losses. -------------o--------
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