The sun., 1916-09-08
|OFFTCIAL VIEWS OF
DAYS MOVES IN WAR
Paris Reports Capture Of Mile
Of Trenches in Verdun
Sector.
RUSSIANS CROSS DWINA
PptrOgrad Tells Of Advance
North Of Dwinsk and De-
feat Of Germans.

iAH's' sept tine n's"' rre"e"
statement says:
North Of the Somme there has been
n ,-;olen, bou,ha rdrept in vario,s sec.
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WIS "''"'"' ""i""''S S"e'.o"' :"
trench recently captured -FOUR pomo
hrowe ana sixteen machine guns
were aoueu 10 'he nna'e'ia' p'e|''"'''
S'oukn. in:
a,cod % ,,n~o,cnco nv Tho violence
~ our a%r,,iierv ars was unable to
n,.r. no,mtar .,,sct
na. roa,nea,. M ntnroS .orno
49,. 800 a,.raan,. ~ ,hs course NJ
e us"e ts r,s,ns ~ ,oor
am"'eu .on ""N"
my
In Champagne a German recohhais-
sance was caught by our fire west oil
Maisons de Champagne farm and dis
persed. Some prisoners fell into our
hands.
,On the right bank Of the Mouse
(Verdun sector) the enemy bonn
barded our new positions in the Vaux-
Chapitre Wood. During last even
ing's attack in this sector we captured
$50 prisoners, including six officers.
Eyervwhere else there was inter-
mittent ~nonsi
.. ,- S..
HNla''oh--on '"e h'sn. vi S.p'eI"-
per o. IN spite OF ~untavorap'e at
cohd''ions' sixteen o. our
oothoaruihs aeropiahes y nea'!
pofnps on railway station. DiVouacs
ana eneHay STORES AZ f<oiscI' Atnis anu
Villecourt. a big nre being caused at
the last named place.
The text Of the afternoon French ON
cial statement follows:
North NJ IN. Stamina ,h. c.rnar,
uado - rouart,, ~. 1900. ,s
fron, tIo.,i,.i uarn, Thair a,,a,L 4.
u,era su,.nt h. ~ -. "a
T,sncrs.S .J;, ho."v ,nssss Tha
cncmv d,d no, rsnow h,s a,r,n,s
,,nrinS th. n,oh, In o,h.r soc,nr.
,har.. ,o,h.~ ..o
co,,,h ~ ~, So,nr,a ~. co.,,n.
dohouchoJ T., sorco Co., ,ho ,,,,ia.. ~
IInr,ny 80 Ia. sn,ar., a,.o,L.
oa,t,., 49,, 80 ,o.,,ion. .o,,hwo.,
NJ pelloy on sart.rre and south ~
p,rIevy An those a,,acLs ~,ere
stonncd nv nu- cur,ain. ~ fire. hefors
mo- were ,hio IN .nnroac oh our limos
,rhc lose, which ,ha .n.rv .,yarad
amri,. ,h..a rr,i,nss a,,anI. ann.ar
n have heer very yrea, -Four hun
dred nr,so,ers taken south NJ The
Somme ,es,erdav have heen counted
~, 10 no..
Accordir, IN fresh ,,~torua,ior m.
carr,on ,rnors h..,nr ho,r vc.,erd.v
Chiiiv beiongcd IN "A saxon division
which was transferred hurriedly from
the Aisne front.
cn .ne IGN nank ~ VIC Wy ,Se
a., ~asar5ay Co. ,,oIor, .r,,i,or,,
nrra,ion an, rooms a,,acI.d the
rorran or,.niya,ions IN tho from, ,.-
tween v,ux t'hanitre wood and Che.
nois The entire front line Of n my
trenches fell into our hands on a
length ~ about 1 500 meters We took
about $50 prisoners and about ten
machine guns.
~Aviation-Our air service took an
active part in the actions of the past
days on the Somme front. watching
the movements Of the enemy infantry.
carrying out bombardments In the
rear of the German lines ana attack
ing with machine guns troops on the
march. our machines armed win
guns repeatedly oohparded the
enetnys 'rehches.
during az nents wh'ch TOOK pace
yesterday Two Nnach'fes were oroush'
down 10y our Iiio.s, me ,e, ~ .ne
directioh OF rueuu' anu 'ne o.he'
- ~. ,..Az.
49, 49,
WIZ i'''e" ''
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LONDON. Sept. THE British ofNcia
communication issued tonight says:
The general situation is unchanged.
nar,ies CAS-, and southeast OF Ginchy,
Rot pApn fha SDmnl ana inc Anrfa
the enemys artillery was active dur-
Ing the day snei'lns the rear OF our
hhes' 'nI'ar',I.ers .ap.'e" enev''re.s.
Gnu 90. -, 49, h'.
sueoessiu"' "e'" ""' @"e'"' Va"
'e'rea'
Ne,".e" .o,~ !:
,a"a' our a!,''e'. ~ ~" n'o.,"i
poinoarueu nv eneln' '"v so.''u-
ousiyi ano h III, nnSe" "e
enee.iNe'. snea.' ~ ""e"u u"
'"s lptes ~""a.
'es.efuas ~ 'n'.'.'.s o'''o.u
an ~ po',a''' '"'"u! 'u"N,'o" III ~
e"en"s . ""e'' '"aH'"s SEA """'as'
W " s'"''on ""i 'o''"s s,u. Ono
!" ~ S..'"s "as
ouna ana n,hor 40 - 80
- u. ,,ha. nn,r,s 80 rni,..r,
haJ r,aaa
"nfo' na mn, rn,. ami,'ds ~,
- na.i,tans raao,od ~, ,"
o.a.,"s ~ " W"
''oopS'
ihiee hos''ie ''''n''es "r'c "'e.Nou
"" TOUR p'h.'s ormeh oo"h III d
da' aseu 'ohui'i'h' i"o vi our ma
chimes are missing
TAKE f"ss.
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rhe ,.x, NJ tho Ruuan,sn official STA +.
,,a,, ,ssr.d S.ntamh.r 4 .avs,
ON Inc norm ana northwest FRONTIER