The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-22
BERLIN ADMITS LOSS FIRST LINE TRENCH
 ON TWO-MILE FRONT
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 before whose front the attack took place counted on the ground in front of them more than 2OOO enemy killed, and brought in hitherto 4S1 prisoners including 1C officers and 16 machine guns. "On both sides of the Somme the en- | emy yesterday, as was expected, prepared to deliver a main blow, but it failed After the strongest fire preparation over | a front of about 40 kilometres Cabout 2I miles), attacks were made from south of Pozieras to west of YermandovllerS. More than 17 divisions, with more than 100000 men, participated in the attacks. The result for the enemy is that the first line of the German division along a front of about three kilometres south of 8ardecourt was pressed back from it's foremost trenches into the next trenches, lying 800 metres behind, and enemy di- visions penetrated into the salient of the little wood of Vermandovi' CTS.
 CLAIM ONSETS BROKEN
 "On the entire remaining front the wild onsets broke to pieces against the death- defying loyalty of our troops, with extra ordinary losses for the enemy. Up to the present r officers and 1200 men have been captured.
 'On the remainder of the front there is nothing special to report. The artillery and mine throwing activity south of La Boisse canal and northwest of Lens as well as in the Argonne and on both sides of the Mouse increased at intervals. North of Vendresse, in the Aisne region, small French attachments advanced after an explosion which was without result but were repulsed and the crater was occu- pied by us.
 In an air battle a hostile aeroplane was shot down and shattered south of Pozeres and another northeast of Bapaume fell into our hands.
 Eastern theatre: South of Riga the enemy made only weak attack, which was nipped in the bud. Russian attempts to cross the Dvina on both sides of Friedrichstadt were prevented. North of Deveten a small detachment reached the west bank.
 Northeast of Smorgon our advanced pickets gave way before superior hostile attacks.
 Army group of Prince Leopold of Ba- vara: The situation is unchanged
 Army group of General Won Linsingen: After Russian attacks between Werben and Korsow had been brought to a stand still the curve jutting out toward Werben was withdrawn in the face of an expected enYeloping attack.
 Arm of Bothmer: Apart from small advance guard encounters there is nothing to re- port.
 Balkan theatre: There is nothing to report
 Then follows a contradiction of the British official communication of Thurs day, sent by the Pouldhu wireless sta- tion, that one battalion of the One Hun dred and Nineteenth regiment consisting battalions of the same regiment each more than half their effective strength.
 With the purpose of stigmatizing such reports and tranquilizing the people at home" the German communicat tion con- tinues, it may be remarked that it's (the regiments), entire losses in recent weeks, until yesterday, were happily slightly less than 800 men. Therefore, it's loss, how ever deplorable, in itself amounts to only a quarter of the English allegati tion."
 The British press bureau appends a note to the German communication point ing out with reference to the latter DOT tion that the Poldhu message mentioned the One Hundred and Ninetieth regiment and not the One Hundred and Nineteenth. which is the Wurttemburg regiment sta toned on the Ypres salient, where it has had no serious fighting during the last four weeks"
 IT in that time," the press bureau con- tinues, it lost 800 men, this is a grati- flying result. The losses of the One Hun dred and Ninetieth regiment, therefore, remain unchallenged."