New-York tribune., 1917-08-26
West
BRITISH

LONDON, Aug. % (DAY.-By successful
attacks carried out with slight casualties
last night west Of Lens we captured short
length of German trench of some local I'M
rortance. We also captured an enemy post
during the night in the nelghDoInG3ou ..
Lombaertzyde and secured few prisoners
and a machine gun. There was conslderanls
artillery activity early this morning east OF
Epehy.
heavily bombarded the positions captured oy
ne sunday southeast Of Epehy and attacked
Gillemont Farm on both fsnks. After sharp
fighting parties Of his troops succeeded IN re.
"a. tablishing themselves in small portion OF
his old trenches northeast oil the farm' ou.
we're unable to make further progress. a At
all other points the attack was repLIsed. Inc
farm itself remains in our hands: go
A hostile raid was driven OF with loss
this morning northeast Of Gouzeaeourt we
had no casualties. =,
We advanced our line slightly during the
night northwest Of Lens and took te" prs
oners.
PARIS. Aug. % DAY. 49, In Belgium
there we're rather violent artillery engage
ments in the region of Bixschoote.
South of st. Quentin our detachments
penetrated a German trench yesterday even
ing and brought back thirty-one prisoners.
! Another raid west Of Pantheon also resulted
| in the taking Of prisoners.
In the Champagne the artillery fighting
became intense in the region OF the heights.
Enemy surprise attacks near Nauquols ana
northeast of Avocourt were completely re-
pulsed On the left hank Of the Meuse our
troops made new progress north Of Hill 3Oi.
/ In a brilliant action last night thsy carried
three fortified works in the vicinity of Beth
incourt. The number Of unwounced prison.
e-s taken on the l@,t bank OF the river yes
! .erday was $50. This brings up the total to
! NiGET-Therc were artillery actions near
IaCau,; and in The region Of Braye-en-laon-
rois and Cerny. On the left bank Of the
Meuse the enemy reacted feebly WITH hH
artilIery. On the right bank the activity
OF both artil'eries was cutie lively. There
was no infantry action.
RsIcian Co.l~urica'io7 -- Calm prevailed
during the d. ot Augy q. On the night
Of August q ~ a sgr"' &c attack was sue
Yscr north q, UrluGe u the day o!
August p thr a~fi' ely sc'ivi'y wns quite
intense before Nsu5cape =. Pervyse aid
Nieucapeile.
I GERMAN
BERLIN, Aug. % (DAY) Army Group
Of Prince Rupprccht.-In connection with
/ Infantry engagements. lively artillery duels
/ developed in several sectors near Ypres. last
I ing throughout the nigat. East Of S. Julien
q thrust with the object Of clearing bFit-
/ ish pocket conceded with an enemy attack:
After the rcpulse Of the enemy the intended
enterprise was carried through successfully.
! On both sides Of the YpTes-Menin road
the British again endeavored to force their
,yay into our positions. On the northern
fringe of Herenthage Wood they pressed
back our line n little. Otherwise they were
repulsed with heavy losses. Enemy recon
noitrinr thrustS at various points failed. a
strong enemy detachment which pushed for
ward toward our line near Lens IN the late
evening was driven back INTO tne poS'uoh
/ frou %hich II started after a stubborn hand
I to.hand struggle South Of Vendhuille We
v,rcgted from the British early this morning,
by a surprise assault, Gilemont farm' wnieh
was held by them. -,
/ After vigorous artillery preparation, when
caused several fires in St Quentin and yil-
lagos in that vicinity, the french yesterday