Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-17

BERLIN, August II, via London
German advanced posts along the
User canal near Dreigrachten. I'm
Belgium, were overrun yesterday by
troops of the entente allfes, says
the German ofncinl statement t.sued
today. The enemy also captured
ground north and east Of Bixschoote.
At st. Julien and Mt many points
farther south to warneton, the :.
stntement adds, entente allied forces
penetrated the new German battle
zone.
LONDON, August 1.-THE Germans
made two counter attacks last night
against the new British positions near
Loos. They gained temporary success
at some points, the war Office announces,
but subsequently the British line was re-
established
British and French troops attacking
on a nine-mile front east and northeast
of Ypres. in Flanders. yesterday gained
all their objectives except on the right
flank. The French drove the Germans
from between the User canal and MART
jevaart and captured the bridgehead OF
Dreigrachten. The village OF Lange-
marck was carried by the British after
they had taken all their first objectives
in the center of the attacking line
Fners Drop Tons Of Bombs.
The admiralty announces the success
full carrying out yesterday OF a series
of raids by aviators OF the royal naval
air service, who dropped many tons OF
bombs on military objectives in Bel
GUM The Ostend railway station and
sidings and the Thourout railway juno
tion were attacked. The airdrome at
Ghistelles was bombed and several fires
were observed. Attacks from the air
were made on the airdromes at Engel
and Uytkerke. All the airplanes re-
turned safely.
British Official Report.
The official statement of today fol-
lows:
Last night the enemy twice counter
the new positions gained by
US yesterday east of Loos in the direc-
tion of Cite st. Auguste. At the second
attempt he succeeded in pressing back
our line slightly at some points. but
later in the night our troops again at
tackled and re-established our positions.
A further hostile counter attack was
repulsed. We secured a few
prisoners.
sides in the night east of Ypres."
Progress of Yesterday. :.
The statement of last night reads:
The allied attacks delivered early in
the morning on a front of nine miles
north of the Ypres- -Menin road have
been continued during the day in the
face of strong enemy resistance.
"On the left the French troops. ad-
vancing on both sides of the Duyds-
choote- Dixmude road. drove the enemy
from the tongue of land between the
User canal and Martjevaart and cap
tured the bridgehead of Dreighrachten.
TN the center the British troops rap
idly captured their first objective and.
their advance, carried the
village of Langemarck after heavy
fighting. They then forced their way
for a distance of a half mile
beyond the village and established
tenn which constituted their final obs
jective for the day.
British Strongly Resisted. II
ION our right there has been fierce
and continuous fighting since the early
for the possession of the high
ground north of the Menin road The
enemy disputed our advance with de-
terynined counter attacking with large
forces.
.As a result of the counter attacks
the enemy succeeded during the after
noon, at great cost, in pressing back
our troops in this area from part of
the ground won earlier in the day.
This evening further enemy counter
attacks in this neighborhood were
broken up by our artillery fire. The
number of prisoners taken by the allies
IN the course of this attack cannot yet
oe ascertained. but over 1900. includ-
ng thirty-eight officers. already have
been brought in. A few German guns
also were captured
our troops made further progress
his afternoon east of Loos. The num-
Der of troops we captured on this front
,ince the opening of our attack yester-
law has now reached a total OF S96. in
:luding Twenty-Five officers"
French Repulse Germans. ~
PARIS. August 1.-THE official states
nent OF today follows:
In Belgium a German attack against
ar new positions on both sides of tho
,teenbeke was repulsed completely.
aAt nightfali yesterday the enemy.
,fter an intense bombardment OF our
,ositions, made vigorous attack on =
'ront of more than two kflometers be-
.ween Vauclerc mill and the California
plateau. Beaten back by our artillery