New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-29
BRITISH ADVANCE
NEAR THIEPVAL
Extend Their Lines at
DelvilIe Wood and
Mouquet.
FRENCH REPULSE
ATTACKS AT FLEURY
Germans Continue InCes-
SAINT Bombardment
on SOmme.

London, Aug. 28.-Stormy weather
on the west front continues to make
impossible operations on large scale
by either side.
In minor enterprises last night and
to day, however, the British and French
were successful. Haig's troop extend
ed their positions east Of Delville Wood
and southwest of Mouquet Farm, near
Thepvsl, while the French advanced
between Clery and Maurepas. Strong
German attacks against Pctain's posi-
tions east of Fleury were rolled back
with losses.
Along the whole front the artillery Of
both sides has been extremely active.
The incesssnt bombardment which the
German guns are directing at the Al
lied positions between Thiepval and
Gullemont and the powerful counter
attacks with which all attempts of the
British and French to advance in this
sector are met indicate that the leu
tons are prepared to make last deter
mined stand to hold these important
points.
Allied Ring Closing In.
With the Allies ring drawn to within
few hundred yards of both villages,
however, and their guns dominating
the Teuton second line, it is difficult to
see how the Germans can check the
steady advance of the Anglo-French
lines until they embrace both disputed
points.
To-night's French statement says:
ION the Somme front the artillery
has been active in the region of Es-
trees, Belloy-en-Santerre and Lihons.
"On the right bank of the Mouse the
Germans directed futile attack
against our position east of Fleury.
German artillery, violently countered
by ours, bombarded our trenches in the
VauX-Chapitre wood.
Sub Lientenants Deullin and Della
tour brought down their fifth German
aeroplane, the former on the twenty
fourth and the latter on the twenty
fifth"
British Report.
The British official statement issued
tonight reads:
To-day our long range guns success
fully fired on troops and traffic in diff
ferent places between Bapaume and
Miraumont. The enemy's artillery
shelled our front intermttently during
the day, more especially between Po-
zieres and the Thiepval wood
ION the other parts of the front our
artillery and trench mortars have been
active, especially opposite Calonne,
Neuve Chapelle, between Auchy and
Hohenzollern and also west of Wut-
schaete. One hundred and thirty-seven
prisoners have been captured by US
during the past twenty-four hours.
"On the evening of the twenty-sixth
a heavy storm overlook eight of our
aeroplanes. Five of them have not re-
turned"
An earlier British statement read:
"In spite of Indifferent weather, some
progress has been made east of Del
willie Wood and in minor successful en-
terprises near Mouquet Farm.
Last night there was much hostile
shelling against parts of our line, es-
pecially in Delville Wood and on our
trenches north of Pozieres. Our artil-
lery also was active"
German Announcement.
The German communique says:
"In the Somme district our Western
opponents, with strong forces and after
copous artillery preparations, made
fresh efforts in the evening and in the
night to break through our lines north
of the river.
"The English repeatedly stormed
against our positions on the Thiepval-
Mouquet and Delville Wood Guinchy
fronts, while the French stormed our
positions between Maurepas and Clery.
Their attacks failed partly after
hand-to-hand fighting and partly on ac-
count of counter attacks. Southwest
of Mouquet and in Delvlle Wood fight
ing still goes on in small trench sec
tions.
"On the remainder of the western
front, apart from lively artillery activ-
ity in the evening hours on both sides
of La Bassee Canal and on the eastern
bank of the Meuse, nothing of impor-
tancp haDpened"