Evening star., 1916-07-21
seemed to be ansvering the psApoudsr-
ant British IRE with all the power eney
had.
British "Bautams" Fight Well

Among the British troops fecentiy
engaged are some nnltS OF the pan
tams," Ensland's little men. nve IeeS
three inches In height ana 0hoef'
whom Lord Kitchener enlisted In spe-
ctal battaIions. They went In Win
all the courage and pride of corps
of six-foot guardsmen ana tne al.
dacity of the bantam COCK, whicn
their symbol When 1t comes 70 seA !.
ing machine gun or snipfng IRON q
shell crater they are less exposed ehAh
men of ordinary height. ,ao..
captured diary from the lsgan
Regiment Of the 1Sbth German ~. ~!
Champsgne 10 the Somme the I'd OF
July, shows that out of l,loo men OF
one battalion 120 are lef,, ana iess
than half the men of the otner Two
ell this loss was suffered without the
men really having ever been ehss Seo
face to face with the English. they
always having been caught by con
centration of shell fire or by dank IN
fantry attacks.
British ofhcial Report.
The oficisl statement issued about
midnight from British headquarters in
France reads:
North of the BezantinLongueval
line we advanced about 1000 yards IN
the face OF stubborn opposition
Heavy fighting still continues in the
northern outskirts of Longueval VII
lage and in Delviile wood.
"On the remainder of the main bat
tie front there is no change.
Yesterday our aeroplanes carried
out successful bombing enterprises by
day and night. Many tons of ex-
plosiveS were dropped with marked
success on every center, enemy aero
dromes and other important points. One
hostile aeroplane was destroyed; sew
eral others were forced to the ground
IN a damaged condition.
Since July 16 four Of our machines
have failed to return to our lines"
French Communication.
The French official statement fol-
lows:
South of the Somme the enemy yes
terday evening delivered a counter at
tack on our new positions south of
soyecourt. The battalion which led
the assault was caught by our curtain
of fire and by our machine guns, and
was thrown back in disorder after
having suffered very great losses
The night was calm on the other
side of the Somme. In the region of
ChaulRes a strong detachment of the
enemy which attempted to approach
our lines south of Maucourt was re-
pulsed with the bayonet. Between
scissors and Rheims, northeast of
Vendresse, a French accommodating de-
tachment, assisted by the explosion of
q mine. penetrated trench of the en-
emy. which was cleared out with gre
nades.
"0n the verdun front there was
great activity of the artillery on both
in q ChAftAnOC0nrt
and FieuFy-
Attempt to Storm Fails.
I'm the vosges. after a violent bonn
bardment, an attempt was made, with
out success, to storm our positions
north Of Wissembaeh.
'.On the day of July 20 and during |
the night of July 2o-2l our aeroplane |
squadrons bombarded several impor-
tant points behind the enemy's lines. |
The stations at Contains. MaTs-laTour.
and Brieulles and the rail- |
way junction at Ham were bombarded
with many pro5ectile&s & OF la large g Galibsr.
rat and Luneville again were bonn
barded by enemy aviators on July 1T,
Is and 19. Material damage was
paused. These acts are accepted as
future reprisals. |
Germans Claim Success.
The latest German official statement
says:
.Between the sea and the Ancre
there have been repeated vigorous
bring and patrol enterprises.
Considerable British forces attacked
our positions north and northwest OF
Wherever thew succeeded in penetrat-
Ing our trenches they were elected by
counter attacks. We captured more
than SEQ prisoners. among them some
officers.
; son both sides of the Somme renewed
A aRhfing of a severe character is pro-
crossing. North of the river, after
strong attack, the British again peHe-
trated Longueval and the Delville farm.
The enemy had withdrawn before our
attack. He is still holding
portion of the village and the farm.
Early this morning, on the whole
front from the Foureaux wood TO the
Somme, Anglo-French attacks began.
The first strong assault was broken.
South of the river. in the afternoon.
the French twice attacked unsuccess-
fully in the district of Belloy and this
soyeeourt. Three attacks were san
SainariIy repulsed. Also in salient
trench near Soyeceurt- the enemy was
repulsed in bayonet fighting.
Allied Artillery Active.
THE enemy artillery is developing
the greatest strength on both banks of
the Somme.
"0n portions of the Champagne front
there has been spasmodic, vigorous ar
tillery ACTIVITY. In the Argonne mining
operations took place.
I'm the Meuse sector (Verdun 'front.'
there were no important events.
Successful German patrol enterprises
were carried out on Combres height.
Near Arras. Peronne, Biaches and
Vermand enemy aeroplanes were shot
down. two of them by Lieuts. Wintgens
and Hoehndorff The emperor has con-
ferred the order Pour lie Merite upon
Lieut.. Hoehndorff, who. as it is now
stated. shot down a French biplane