Evening star., 1918-08-22
r1RITISH.

Kutust taS-sAt,4:ts O'Clock dis. morn
ing orr troops attacked the tHest4icns OF
the enemy between the Somme and the
By nishtfail yesterday our patrols
had made progress on the left bank
of the Apcre river to the south ana
southeast of Beaucourt
North of the Ancre river our posi-
ItiCns gained yesterday were main-
tained against stgops hostile caNpter
attacks delfVered- dtfrinS sthA AFTER.
noon and evening on the Mitaumont
land Achiet-le Grand froht.s.sA - 4.
The hostile artillery has been very
active throughout the. night on the
battle front and this morning fresh
to have developed opposite Mirau-
Between two thousand ana three
thousand prisoners and a few guns
were captured by us in our operations
yesterday.
|, Further progress has been made by
ua to the east and northeast Of Mer-
Willie. Our troops are on the outskirts
of Neuf Berquin.
Last night we attacked and cap.
tured a hostile strong point north OF
A strong local counter attack was
delivered by the enemy yesterday
morning against Locrehof farm. north
west Of Dranoutre 1t was repulsed
after sharp 4ghting. .Further1hghting
took place during the night in this
sector. 81 trci. -
August 81 tnight).-An attack
launched this morning on a front Of
t tea miles from the Anere ~ the neigh
borhood of Moyenneville was success
full on the whole of the front. We
penetrated deeply into the positions
of the enemy and have taken num-
hers of prisonefS.
In the opening assault, under q
mist. we captured the villages of
Beaucourt sur Ancre. Puisieux-au-
Mont. sasHuoy; @ Abia,nEeveiis In we ca,t,na. ano
ued our advance to the neigh berhoed
of the 'Albert-Arras railway. capturL
ing Achiet-le-Petit. the Logeast wood
and Courcelles.
West of Achiet-ie.Petit. strong
counter attack was repulsed. :.
East of the Ancre our line reached
between Boislieux-St- Marie and Mer-
catel.
Patrol fighting has taken place also
on the Lys front. as a result of which
neighborhood OF lie Touret. east Of
Padarise and between MefSille and
Outtersteen. A few prisoners were
taken by us in these encounters.
In a successful local operation car
ried out by US this motning south
On August 20 enemy activity in the
air was very slight We brought
down one hostile airplane. and one Of
bur own machines Is missing.
Low clouds prevented all flying at
night.
Naval ,aerial--During ). the period
from August Is to August IS. inciu-
sive, royal air force contingents
working with the navy have bombed
the following military detectives:
Solway' works at Zeebrugge; the
docks at Bruges; batteries at West
ende, the Ostend docks and airdromes
at Zeebrugge. Aertrycke and Middel-
kerke; the Passchendaele canal. the
ammunition dumps at Stalhi1le. Mid
delkerke. Leffinghe and Zeebrugge,
the Bruges canal and enemy shipping.
Between fifteen and sixte en- tons OF
bombs were dropped and good results
were obtained. Reconnaissance. pho
tographic and anti-submari1e patrols
have been maintained. During the
course of these operations nine enemy
machines have been destroyed and
eight driven down out of control. We
have lost four machines. one of which
landed in Holland. and three officers
have been wounded.
In home waters during the same Pc
riod anti-submarine. convoy and hos
tile aircraft patrols have been main
tanned by seaplanes. airplanes and
airships. Submarines have been
sighted and attacked and mines To-
Gated and destroyed. One of our ma
chimes has failed to return from pa
troLt - -. "