Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-16
Offensives in Full Swing Near.
Ypres, Dixmude and on
AiSne Front. :
FIGHTING is SEVERE,
BUT PROGRESS GOES ON
Germans Fail in Their Efforts to Dis
lodge Haig's Men From
Lens Positions.

LONDON, August I5.-i
Premier Lloyd George an
nounced in the house of COM
mons today that the troops of
Field Marshal Haig had cap
tured Langemarck. The pre-
mier said that Field Marshal
Haig had telegraphed that I,2oo
prisoners had been taken and
that five guns had been cap
tured by noon today. 4
In three sectors of the Franco Belgian
front the French and British have won
new successes in their offensive opers-
tons. which are once more in full swing.
Attacks were made by the British in Bel
gium near Ypres, by the French on the
Alsne front and near Dixmude, in Bel
gium- The ground won by the British in
yesterdays brilliant attack near Lens,
including the highly important Hill 20,
was held in the face of all German coun.
ter attacks, Gen. Haig reports.
While the British were consolidatfng
their new territory near Lens and defend
ing it against German efforts to retrieve
their losses they struck another blow about
thirty miles further north. on a wide front
east and north of Ypres. The Official re-
port from London gives few details of the
battle. but says progress is being made.
French Gain objectives. :
The French. with the assistance Of Brit
ish troops on their right, attacked the
German positions on both sides Of the
road between the towns of Steenstrasfs
and Dixmude. eight miles apart Paris
reports that all objectives were gained and
that a crossing Of the Steenbeke river was
forced The French and British are maxi
ing further progress on the right bank Of
the river.
Marked success was won by the French
on the Aisne front. A strongly held sys-
meter south of Allies was storrned and
four German counter attacks were beaten
on The French also made progress in
the vicinity Of the Hurtebise monument.
British oficiaI Report.
ficial statement. which was timed le:l1
pm. reads:
AT 4:45 O'Clock this morning the (en-
tented allied troops again attacked on
wide front east and north of Ypres.
Heavy fighting is taking place, but
progress is being made at ali points in
spite of the stubborn resistance of the
enemy.
.-On the Lens battle front three more
counter attacks made by the enemy
last night against our positions were
repulsed- A hostile concentration in the
neighborhood of Cite St. Auguste was
broken up by our artillery"
Canadian Successes.
The communication of last night fol.
lows:
This morning Canadian troops storm.
ed German positions south and east Of
Loos on a front of two miles. The
formidable defenses on Hill 20, which
resisted our attacks in the battle of
Loos in September. 1915. and had since
been improved and strengthened by
every method and device known TO our
enemies. We're carried by assault.
After storming the enemys first
line trench system on the whole OF
the front attacked. our troops adj
vanced as far as the western defenses
of Cite st. August, penetrating the
a mile. Besides the elaborate series
of trench lines and strong points
forming the defenses of Hin 40. the
villages of Cite st. Elizabeth. Cite st.
Emile and Cite st. Laurent, as well
the Base wood and the western
half of the Hugo wood. are now in
our possession. All our objectives
were captured. Our casualties were
slight.
Counter Attacks Checked.
During the day five hostile counter
attacks were repulsed by our infantry
or broken up by our artillery. One of
these was carried out by troops OF tho
division of Prussian Guards. Tho
enemy's losses both from our attack
and his unsuccessful counter attacks.
.'1he number of prisoners captured
has not vet been ascertained. but 2S2.
including fifteen officers. reached the
collecting station this afternoon"
Story From the Front. v
r. the Associated Press.
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM. August is 10 a.m.-Forces OF
I he entente allies at daybreak today began
another drive against the troops OF Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria along a wide
front from point opposite Polygon wood.
cast of Ypres. TO the left OF the French
positions on the northward.
In the first onslaught the right flank OF
the French surged across the Steenbeke
river and at the same time the left wing
pushed forward correspondngly.
These meager facts represent the total
news at this hour from the zone of the
new offensive. with the exception that the
French already have counted hundred
prisoners
steenbeke Is Crossed.
PARIS August 1S-The official state-
ment Of TODAY follows.
in Belgium after violent and most
thorough artillery preparation we made
AN attack at dawn this morning in con-
junction with the British army on our
right With superb spirit our infantry
made the assault on the enemy posi-
tions on both sides of the road between
and Dixnude. capturing all
objectives and crossing the Steenbeke.
Our troops are making progress ON the
right bank in contact with our allies.
South of Allies a vigorous attack
made us master of a system of trenches
,n front of one kilometer. which was
held strongly by the enemy. Four Ger
man counter attacks on our new posi-.
lions were repulsed easily and l20 pris-
1ners. one of them an officer, have been