The sun., 1916-09-04
OFFICIAL VIEW OF
The DAYS FIGHTING
French and English Attack
Germans North Of SOMme.
Garry Three Villages.
CAPTlRE 1000 TECTONS
Germans Fight Way Into
French Trenches Near Ver-
dun-Mptz BOmbarded.
CAPTURE 1000 TEUTONS

PANS. via London. Sept. 1.-THE text
a, the French war oihce hisnt sta'e'
men, follows:
North Of the Somme. after artillery
,r,naratlon, French infantry. In con-
i~urrtion with the British army. at
;,rscd shortly before midday the Ger
man positions on n front of about six
tionetres ,three and three-Quarter
niles. reaching from the region north
n. Maurepas 10 the river. with re-
warkable dash. against which the re-
.stance If the enemy was useless for
the moment.
our troops swept away large enemy
forces and carried all their detectives.
The villages of Forest. east OF Maure-
mas. and Clery-sur-Somme are entirely
n our possession.
North Of Forest we have taken all
the German trenches along the road
from Forest TO Combles. as far as the
outskirts of Combles. Between Forest
and Clerv-sur-Somme we also carried
all the enemy positions, and crossed
at numerous points the road connect
InC these two places.
German counter attacks with heavy
forces launched against our con-
auered positions south OF Forest broke
down under the fire OF our batteries
anu tue 'tltinN T'iiTtu III ulSOTueT,
leaving numerous dead.
1000 Prisoners Taken.
Up to The present the number Of
unwouu1ed prisoners In our hands
exceeds 1900. while the captured war
material Includes twelve cannon In
the single sector of Forest and fifty
machine guns
on the right bank of the Mouse
Wrrdun seytorl tho Germans made
since mis- morning "a series OF violent
attacks IN our positions at Naux and
Chap,trc. Rcpnlscd several times
along the whole from: with heavy
losses. the enemy had succeeded at the
end uf the afternoon in setting foot in
one sal.CH' Of our line. where the
combat Is continuing bitterly
Shortly after beginning this action
We attacked the German positions east
OF the village OF Fleury. Our troops
carried several trenches ard power
fully orcan.zed works. Another attack
was made hv us northwest of the viii
iage If Fleury and enabled us TO oc-
cupy a part Of the crest which goes
from the village to the Thiaumont
works. In the course OF these attacks
We made $40 prisoners.
AVIATION one OF u airfnen
brolEat down Il herman aeroplAne
W II fell closce 10 Dcrpe. northeast
NJ V.riuu TN the Snn,nna front four
more German a%eroplanes were badly
hit IA c~-c'uU:ers and descended alb
ru,t'y IN their own lines.
our bombing air sqEidrons carried
OFT numerous operations yesterday
with excellent results. our suladrcns
twice VISITED the railway station Of
Mttz-slhlons and threw altogether
eichty-s.N shells Of 1e0 calihrc on the
buildings and railway tracks. The
d.nag. oi served was considerable.
Many Towns bombed.
sixty shells u 100 calihrc also were
dropped on military establishments
north Of Metz. our a"roplancs
bombed tie stations At Maiz,ercs-,es-
Metz. Contains. Sedan and \udun-le-
Roman, as well as the cantonnen
snl derots at Ham. .iesle, Guiscard.
Athis. Namely and l%.agacic. In all
80 bombs were dropped IN these
places A 'arge number burst on the
targets and outbreaks of fire at many
places were observed.
Gains by the British.
LoNpoN. Sept. Monday. . \. MI
Te ,eAt OF the British night statemen
reads
In 90; Grafton with the French on
our immediate right We attacked the
enemy sunday AT several points. We
captured part OF Ginchy and the whole
Of Cuillemont. our front now runs
some 500 yards east of Gu!llemont
from Ginchy to near Falfemont farm.
On IN. east side Of Ouquet farm we
also gained erounG We captured sew
S'al hundred prisoners,
Between our right and the Somme
the frc:ch made substantial progress.
capturing Il considerable number OF
prIsorcrs, The fighting continues.
Aircraft did useful work. cooperat-
irg with tho artillery and infantry.
The oncmy's acroplanes which made
t"'un;a'" attempts 20 interfere. were
G-c"ssfully engaged and driven on
with the loss of three machines de-
s'rnycd and four damaged. We lost
'Nrcc.
Germans Beaten Near Riga.
rrrpocr,p sept. 3 (v.a London>.--Th
ext Of the Russian Wal Offices ofttcia
statement follows:
Western I,ussianb Front--In the
region uf Riga the Germans attacked
our l.ettlsh battalions. who by n coun-
'cr offensive drove the enemy back
eNN 4llll'Nfi SFNelt loSSNN,
In the direction of Zlochon and
Fa,irz battles are raging. Here in the
course Of fighting the gallant Col.
Girzsin was killed. and in front OF an
infantry trench the gallant COM
rnnder Of n mortar battery. Lieut.
col Tcheanakon. was seriously
wounded.
South OF Rafailov. In the region OF
kapul Mountain. and also In the region
o. I6rnavatra. our troops drove the
"feu} from fortified positions and
captured several heights. The enemy's
oou' ier attack, which had as it's oil
,"r'i'e the recapture OF the lost po-
f'dns, vas repulsed by u fire. Here
" captured 300 prisoners.
''tI"tsian Front--In the region OF
'c flIage - Oguoit fierce fighting
''h''HuoS. bwing to our pressure the
'e'nY has been put to flight at some
loH'.
FI"NiSh attacks IN the region OF the
'.ase Of Tchoruk were repealed by
".r Ire. In the battle around this
village we captured another gun.
Niics' Attacks Repulsed.
b'tiIN. Sept. tvia LOndon).-Tf
NN Of the German official statemeI
!Giuns
Western theatre Artillery activity
ID The region Of the Somme increased
M INC greatest violence. Between
M'urcpas and Clery strong French
attacks collapsed yesterday evening.
On the right bank of the Meust
\erdun rcglon) on the Thiaumont
NSux front. enemy attacks followed
extensive preparation by artillery fire
hut they were limited to both sides o
The N~aux-Souvills road The attacks
We're repulsed.