The sun., 1917-08-22
OFFICIAL STATEMENTS.
British Gain North Of Ypres-Menin
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LONDON, Aug. s1.-Following ara the
ofIicial reports on the fighting on the
western front:
British (DAy)-Eariy this morning
the enemy made a third attempt to
regain ground recently captured south
east Of Epehy. Though supported by
hammsnwerfer his attacking troops
were repulsed completely. We hold all
our positions.
East of Epehy our troops ralded the
German lines on . wide front in the
neighborhood OF the st. Quentin Canal
and brought back prisonsrA We Inn
proved our positions slightly during
the night north Of tho Ypres-Menin
road.
British (Nisht) this morn
Ing We attacked the line Of German
trenches which skirts Lens to the west
and northwest and captured the en-
emy's positions on 4 front Of 1000
yards
Heavy fighting has taken place and
stili continues
tacks northwest Of Lens were beaten
VIZ WI tAoOPos 8Ho - tHufu Spuu-
ter attack south Of the town was
broken up by our artillery.
We have captured number Of pris-
onerA
Germans she'll Own Men.
French Dayton the Cerny
Plateau the Germans made attacks
At three different points. On two
occasions our IRE broke up the as
sauiting waves. which were thrown
back. greatly weakened. to the Ger
man lines Tho other attack. west
Of Hurtebise monument. also was
repulsed.
On the front north Of verdun tho
Germans reacted energetical!y dur
ing the night. Their counter attacks.
which were extensively violent. espe-
cially at Avoncourt Wood and north
Of Caurierss Wood. were broken up
by our nre. The enemy suffered heavy
losses with no result. Our troops
maintained all their gains and or
ganised the captured positions. The
number Of unwounded prisoners
taken BY us yesterday exceeds 5000.
Of whom lie are oflfcers.
Last night enemy airplanes bonn
barded positions in our rear, particu-
larry . collection camp for German
prisoners. Of whom q large number
were hit.
In Belgium our aviators bonn
6arded the railway stations At Thou
rout. Roulers and Stadsn. In the re-
gion Of Verdun they bombarded the
railway stations at Dun-eur- Meuse.
Brieulles and Fleville. and munitions
depots at Bancheville, where they OBJ
served great fre.
On August 20 twenty-ons German
machines were brought down In aerial
are reported 10 have been destroyed
entirely. On August - an airplane
and . captive balloon Of the enemy
met with the same fate.
Gas Works Explode.
French (Night)-Ths two srtilleries
were quite active In the region north
OF vauxaiilon and on the Cerny and
Craonns plateaus.
In Champagne our fires Of dsstruc-
ton against the German organisations
In the sector Of st. Hilaire caused
reconnoitering parties found soon after
enemy trenches were evacuated that
they were nlled with dead.
On the Verdun front the battle con-
tinued to-day at several points and de-
vslopsd everywhere to our advantage.
On the left bank Of the Meuse our
troops captured Cote L'Oie. which We
occupied In It's entirety. ~ wen ~ the
village OF RegnevillA
On the right bank In the course Of
brilliant attack we took SamoSnsux
and . whole system OF fortified trenches
! which connects this village with the Or
ganisations on HIN S%A. German
counter attacks were rspulssd. We
made additional prisousrs. who have
not yet bssn counted
| In the vosgss IN enemy surprise At
tack ASninet eur small poets at Hart