The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-09-22
BIG BRITISH GAINS.
TERRIFIC DRIVE ADVANCES
NEARLY TWO MILES ON The
SoMmE.
THREE TOWNS ARE CAPTURED
CourceIette, FIers and Mart'npuich
Taken-New Armored Motorcar Ad-
vances With Infantry Over the
Trenches and She'll Craters-

London, Sept. 16.-The greater part
of the Bouleaux wood, High wood and
the towns of Flers, Martinpuich and
Courcelette have been taken by the
British, who also have captured all
the high ground between Combles and
the Pozieres-Bapaume road, according
to the official communication.
More than $500 prisoners were cap
tured in the drive. The statement
reads:
1.-The fighting, which has been Sc
we're, resulted in our capture OF viz
tually all the high ground between
COmbles and the POziereSB apaume
road.
Germans Resist Stubbornly.
Most of the Bouleaux wood, Flers,
High wood, Martinpuich and Cource-
lette have fallen into our hands. The
enemy fought stubbornly TO retain his
| ground.
"Over 900 prisoners already have
been passed back, including 90 Off
GERS, six of them being battalion COM
manders."
| Battle on SIx-MiIe Front.
| British Front In France, via Lon
don, Sept. 16-At dawn the British
made the most powerful general at
tack, supported by the heaviest vol
ume of shell fire, since that Of July J.
when, the grand offensive began.
The attacking front extends over
six miles, from the region of Thiepval
to the junction with the French army
on the right, or practically the entire
line of the Britieh advance of the last
ten weeks.
Having gained the whole ridge from
| the east of Thiepval through Ginchy
and all the old German second line
Notifications, the British made theil
next step. broad stride down the
hill, piercing the newly constructed
German third line.
Capture Flers Village.
The sweep forward during the after
noon gained the village of Flers
Martinpuich. and put the blood.
shambles of High wood and Devil:
wood. for which two most determined
counter attacks made the hardeS
struggle In the history of the British
army, well behind the advancing rank
of khaki.
The British also are close to the vii
lage of COurcelette. They have takel
''Wunder Werk" redOubt, in the Thiep
val region, which belonged TO the oil
first line Notifications. The German
continue to make desperate resistance
North of the SOmme the French cap
tured a series of German trenches an,
advanced as far as the village of Ran
court. On the Verdun front two Ger
man attacks were repulsed.
New Motorcar Aids British.
Aside from their increased artilier
fire in the great new drive on th
. Somme the British brought into actiO
for the first time a now type of armore
motorcar, capable because of its pow
erful traction of crossing trenches an
shell craters. For some days the arm
had watched it with interest and cur
: OSltN, anu II uaVNCu Sul
port of the infantry i'm their charge
they cheered it. even in the midst ,
shell fire.
There has been nothing more wOi
, derful, even in this war, than the spec
tacle of its advance toward the Ge
man line.
French Take Town.
London, Sept. 14.-COntinuing IN
spectacular offensive which marked
gain OF two miles and at night cal
tured the village of Bonchavesnes an
, advanced GOO yards beyond the b;
paume-PerOnne highway, the FrenC
extended their gains both north an
south Of the SOmme.
\ total of more than 1900 prisonc'
captured in this action is officially r
!, ported by Paris.
Berlin Admits Loss.
!, The German official statement &c
lows:
Front of Field Marshal Prime
Rupprecht of Bavaria (Somme): III
battle north of the Somme has r
: commenced. Our troops are engaS,
:, in heavy fighting between Combl
and the SOmme. The French enter,