The sun., 1916-08-20
french Occupy All Of Fleury;
Retakc Trench North Of
Maureras.
GAR GAINS NEAR KOvEL
Turks With Won BOthmer
Halt Russians Attempts
to Advance.

r.8 tonight by the French Wal once
follows:
North Of the somme. apart from an
oc,,atlon Of detail which permitted us
"a eject the enemy from the portion Of
IN. trench ne penetrated last night
north Of Maurepas. the day has been
oubet. Our troops actively pressed for
ard the work Of consolidation on the
conquered front. The artillery actions
,ere OF small Importance in corsc-
oucncc Of the bad weather.
In the Argonne We exploded a mine
which wrecked the enemy's advanced
works at vauauois.
On the right bank Of the Meuse ar
tl,ery fighting continues actively In
,he Flery.vaux-C hapitre sector. There
has been no infantry action. On the
remainder Of the front there Q no
action Of Importance.
Admit . small Loss.
The afternoon communicate Ia as fol.
bvs:
North Of the Somme the enemy dur
,rg the night delivered several violent
counter attacks against the positions
t,ken by us yesterday and on the pre-
edlng days from the resion north Of
Naurepas to Clery. All the enemy's
attempts were broken down by our ma
chine gun FIRE and the energetic counter
offensive Of our gren1diers. and were
unsuccessful except At one point. where
the enemy gained a footing In a small
piece OF trench north Of Maurepas, we
took about nifty more prisoners during
the night.
South Of the Somme the artillery
fighting was very spirited In TIE regions
south Of Belloy and Estrees.
On the left bank Of the Meuse (ver-
dun front yesterday. toward the end
Of the day. the Germans delivered two
attacks with grenades against tho
salient northeast Of Avocourt redoubt
and against our trenches on Hill a04.
The enemy was unable to reach our
lines at n point and was forced TO
fail back on the PORTIONS from which
he started. leaving dead and wounded
On the field.
"Entire Village IL Oars"
On the right bank Of the river the
fighting which began yesterday COM
,inued obstinateiy. Our troops rap
'ured foot ny foot the clumr Of ruined
houses which tire enemy vas st'll oc-
t1pyine on the edge OF Fieu-y. The en-
tire village II now II our possession.
notwithstanding two violent German
sounter attacks which resulted only In
sanguinary losses to the enem..
In the region east Of the vaux-
chapitre Wood grenade fighting con-
'inues in the neighhorhood Of the road
leading 70 vaux Fort. Fairly lively
German counter attacks brought about
no aNrrsci'ble change. The number Of
ruworrd'd prisoners taken h- us on
We right bank of :hs Merse during the
fcatirc Of AuSust II and ~ exceeds
g."
TIE hon~lhardn-r' was very lively on
10th dies along .he sections ~ the
front where ATTACKS o. place. Else
Sstre the nigh: was relatively calm.
His Gain In Cattle mont.
LoNnoN. Aug, 1a-The afternoo,
statement follows:
onr success reported last night has
been maintained and extended. Dur
Ing the night the enemy delivered sew
erM very determined counter attacks
against the positions we hal rop'ured.
Except on our extreme rigit.. whore
the enemy rega'n~d a little ground.
these coun;er attack everywhere were
repulsed.
From High wo ID II The point where
We Join up with tho French We al
vanced our line over n frontage of
more than two miles for a distance
varying between 200 yards and 500
yards. We now hold the western out-
skirts OF Gulllemon, and a lire thence
northwarf to midway between Delv.l.e
Wood and G!nchy and also the ORCH
ards north OF Longueval.
Retween High Wood and the Al
ber,-Bapaume road we captured mn
hundred yards Of an enemy trench. East
and southeast Of Mouquet farm we AID
vanced our line by some 800 yards.
" Ovillers and Thiepval we
pushed forward on a front OF over half
a mile. As a result Of these opera
tons several hundred prisoners have
been taken BY us.
Al noon yesterday q successful at
TACK was carried out by naval aero
planes on enemy ammunition dumps
At Lichtervelde. Forty-e.ght bombs
were dropped from a height Of about
1000 feet, Large ires were after
ward observed.
All the machines returned safely.
Report Tremendous Gains.
The text Of the statement issued 10
sight follows:
Operations carried out yesterday at
NaFlntu pAN,s. 49, A 80
In!epval to our extreme right. south
ot Gu'llemont. a distance Of about
eleven miles. were most successful.
As a result, We captured a ridge south
east OF and overlooking 1'hiepval and
northern slopes OF high ground north
OF Pozieres. from which We ge; an
extensive view OF the east and north
east.
We are holding the western edge
o. High Wood tFoureaux Wood) and
trenches made by the enemy extending
some half mile west OF the wood. We
nave advanced u line half way 10
'lhchy and to the edge OF Guil!cmort.
"here we hold the outskirts OF the
village, including the railway station
and quarry, which is Of considerable
military Importance. The numbe, OF
prisoners passed back to I O'Clock in
"e AFTERNOON. as q result OF these
VIBRATIONS, Is IS officers and $50 OF
0'atr ranks.
To-day. northeast OF Poziert.'. we
MADE a further advance on both sides
o. The Pozieres- Bapaume road for
some 400 yards.
battle RACED Into Nisht.
BERLIN, Aug. 1.-THE official state
meht follows:
western front our brave troops
sn''rhay VIGOROUSLY resisted with
.H'Sarfihcing tenacity a stupendous
.noft on the part Of our combined En-
.mleS' Al about the samc time In the
eI,erhoon, after artillery preparations
NhlCh increased IN thu nimoaf vln.