Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-24
Successes South of Ancre ri.
low Reported Gains to East
of Courcelette.
GERMANS ARE CHECKED
IN vosaEs BY FRENCH
Berlin to Resntsr Prstsss sssiAss
"Tanks'-Held Contrary to Laws
of Civilized Warfare.

LONDON. September z5.-British forces
north of the Somne. in France, continus
TO make progress toward Bapaume,
In addition to reporting further sue.
cesses south Of the Ancre, the British
official statement of tonight reports
great activity on the part Of aeroplsue
squadrons, the operations proving hixhly
successful.
Following up their success OF Friday In
advancing along a mile front between
F1ers and Martinpuich. the troops OF Gen.
Haig today gained ground east of Cour.
celette. on the other side of the Rozieres-
Bapaume road from Martinpuich.- A
strongly fortified German trench system
on front Of half mile east OF Cource-
lette and in the direction of Sara, on the
Pozieres-Bapaume road. was carried hv
the British ,.-4
Berlin Denies Gain.
The troops of Crown Prince Run
precht Of Bavaria attempted to psns-
trate the British line near the Mouuuet
farm. between Courcelette and Thiepvat.
but were beaten or. London says. Ber-
lin denies the British were successful In
the attack east Of courcelette
A fierce artillery duel occurred in -the
Bouchavesnes region today, and In the
BelloyBerny sectors. but the French en-
gagged in no infantry actions.
The Germans in the Vosges attempted
to attack French positions south s.df
bombing fight the enemy was driven
back to his trenches.
The French. Paris says. continue 1thear
tactics of harassing the garrison d.
Tending the German salient around
Gomoies. Raids by French patrols neer
the edge of the town resulted In -
| capture of some prisoners. -
To Protest Use of. sTankss'
An Exchange Telegram aiiufseA frsna
Geneva says it is undsfstsd tnrrs tas,f
the German government protonss -
lodge a complaint with the In511a&lonal
Red Gross asainst IN use of ~ -
called Tanks. The S6fn1iaint wfil .he
e q III snfss NJ e e ansss
methods of civilized warfare.
British ohicial Report. .4
The British official statement from
general headquarters in France issued
at midnight reads:
South of the Ancre we continued to
improve our positions, pushing detach-
ments forward at places into the
enemy's advanced trenches.
During a bombardment by our artil-
lery of one section of the enemy's front
yesterday ten hostile gun pits destroy
ed, fourteen others severely damaged
and five ammunition pits blown up.
To-day a big fire was caused by our
artillery in village much used by the
enemy's transport for supply purposes.
Great Aerial Activity.
There was very great aerial activity
yesterday. A highly successful raid by
about fifty of our machines was carried
out on an important railway junction,
where much damage was done, two
trains containing ammunition being
destroyed. and many violent explosions
being caused. A number of other raids
on enemy railway works and sidings,
aerodromes and other points OF mill
tary Importance were equally success
full.
"In addition. many fights occurred -sn
the air, during which three hostile ma
chimes were destroyed and five others
driven to earth damaged, besides npuy
others which broke off the tight and
were seen to descend steeply toward
the ground.
Five of our machines are missing"
German Statement.
The German statement recording re-
cent events says:
Western theater: Army group o.
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
North of the Somme the battle WIS
resumed. After continually increas-
ing artillery fire the French attacked
our Combles- Rancourt line They
achieved no success whatever. Neither
did the British. who attempted to ad.
vance near Courcelette.
* supplementary report states that
during the night of Thursday English
local attacks near Mouquet farm and
were repulsed.
I'm aerial fighting north of the Somme
we shot down eleven enemy machtnea