The sun., 1918-08-25
OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE BATTLES.

LONDON Aug s4-The OF to-day fighting
the front follow:
BRITISH (NIGHT)-on battle north
nuou fighting has place hours
Our troops pressing the hard all points, allowed
no respite Despite the arrival hostile
attack
Numbers of prisoners and quantities of material of description
Shortly midnight troops attacking along
north bank of the somme
Der of prisoners Continuing their advance with skill and %
tive they carried the positions this
On their left London
several hundred prisoners On the right
troops and bataions from the northern England
the ground Of the old Somme battlefield 1916
strongly defended localities ware ptrd i; the f ~ dtsrn e
hostile resistance, together with 1000 prisoners
Our troops are asde the Thiepva ridge and
heavily engaged all day about Maumont
with great until the vao. wa. raduav I
advancing columns.
North this centre of
determination it carried the dences Of
Wood taking 400 prisoners Pressing forward with gaanry
paume, the outskirts o Bapaume
On the tanks of this attack English gained
e and advanced the direction Sapgne overcoming strong
hostile resistance Ires and of Bhucourt
On the left of the battle front English Scottish divisions
vitasse and have the hill
east of the latter village.
No estimate of captures yet be given.
BRITISH (DAY)our progress sector
during the night and took The early
this morning.
In the three days of fighting morning August 2 our
and a number of guns.
We carried out successful evening
Neuf Berquin Tin the Lys saient)
FRENCH (NICHT)-Between Aiete and have
made south of prisoners
West of Fsmes the American have
far the SossonsRhems road
FRENCH (DAY)-In the region Lassigny between the
Disc and the Ane the night marked very artillery
French detachments enemy Lorraine
many points and captured prisoners
GERMAN (NGHT)There has been fighting
and the somme English attacks southeast of Aras
failed Southwest of Bapaume the ground
Thepval
Repeated English attacks from Albert
broke down with heavy the enemy.
Between the Alette the Ane repued
GERMAN (DAY)-The British extended their in
direction beyond the Somme
Below and Won der Marwz broke stormng enemy
who was in superior numbers.
The strongest artillery
at daybreak Our advance orders withdrew
and are fighting along the Croisles-st. Leger line.
Northwest of Bapaume St.
line, early enemy attacks broke
down. During the afternoon assaults gained ground in
the erection OF Mory Prussian regiment
tack from the northeast and drove enemy then
trated beyond Mory.
On both sides of Mraumont storming
peated shattered before the
Second Battery of Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
single gun here destroyed six tanks enemy
gained footing the attacks from
Albert broke down OF town
For the purpose joining up near Lys northeast Of
Gandcurt) removed lines Maumon to the east Of
South OF the sOmme Pussan which English
attempt break through the place yesterday
pulsed English attacks against Cappy
vilers and repued of line
On both sides of the Avre the Ae there were
minor infantry engagements.
the Aisne the French continued tbo A.
lacks During the partial were repued In fine
evening the after the dumre forward in
united attack completely failed In the
followed drove back the
ward Juvgny Chavgny the point from
which he started Asembases of vezaponn
ravine which placed readiness advance were with
particular success by our battle echelons
grain crops bet,