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BRAY AND TH|EPVAl
AND OTHER PLACES IS 1
Haig Says Enemy Held Out
at Miraumont Until =.
Outflanked. ,H1
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TROOPS NEARING BAPAUME,
FALL OF WHICH is EXPECTED
Present Battle Equals in Intep-
sity Any Heretofore =, =
Fought in West. .iiiME
cHAULNEs-RoYE SECTOR QUIET
French Advance Apparently Checked
on Hills South Of the .ss
Ailette River. sRaH
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CHAULNEs-RoYE SECTOR QUIET
French Advance Apparently Checked
on Hills South of the M .Se
Ailette River. ,sa1H
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Without pause. the British forces
battling against tho Germans are NOV.
ing forward in tho direction OF
Bapaume. The fighting has been ex, 8
tremely heavy, but there has been no
STOPPING Field Marshal Haigs men, and
the latest report from British head.
quarters says that they are making
progress along tho entire front OF tho
British attack. x aSit
The important towns OF Bray;
Thiepyal and Grandcourt, together with
several smaller places. have been cans
have been taken in the latest Advance
of the British army, which now 1oc-
cupies the strategically important
Thiepva1 ridge. si.s I'liV -
Around Mraumont. which lie, little
north OF Grandcourt, tho fighting has :
been OF great intensity, and this place
sppaTensiy has has fallen as Hsigs report
outfinnked by advancing columns.
British. detachments have reached.
Ayesnes. .le- Bapanme. which lies very
p,aae so aa PsSss
But severe eiftisE &seisas sfoops
Segs ovsa ss as ssghSS Sassa
mile. while the French, though not ex-
tensively' engaged have made SOME
progress south of f,Crecy-au-Afont. sS
Fighting battle. which In it's in-
tensity rivals any combat of the .war
along the western front. the British
forces. from the Cojeul River near
Arras. to point far south eof tho
Somme, are apparently slowly gaining
ground at some points. s-,1,s 80
FRENCH NOW AWAIT
OUTCOME OF ARTOIS BATTLE
Along the Chpulnes- Roye. sector OF
the line there lis comparative quiet.
~, ,I1 Aref<> .I,,n - q.
recent advices. Although the French
are known to be close to Noyon. that
city Is still held blythe Germans Tho
Erench hold ground along the southern
ported to be across 1t at two points
but they appear to have ceased their
attacks for the moment seeming to he
ing in Ptcardy and Artois. ~
The left bank OF the Ailette Is also
held by the French. There have been
stream, but these have not been Of
fcially confirmed. South OF the Ailette. !,
the French appear to be definitely held
up on the hills north of soissons, Their
position, there. however. would seem
to render the German positions near
Soissons untenable. JFS
FRENCH TRENCH RAIDS
IN LORRAINE SECTOR
Trench raids by the French in the
Lorraine sector are reported from the
French War Office. This activity n
sector may be the prelude to ar, attaGk
against the Germans there. but there
is nothing yet to substantiate this suE-
geStion. -
Light sea forces have had a rather
slight encounter Off Dunkirk. France.
Both the British and German Official
by their respective units. but deny
suffering any losses, 80, -
The Diplomatic situation between
Spain and Germany seems to be quits
delicate. as the result of the decision !
on the part Of the former to take over
to replace Spanish ships lost through
attacks by submarines. It is reported
that Berlin has sent protest to Mad
marine warfare or guarantee Spain
against further losses.
BRAY-sUR-soMME
CAPTURED Ivy BRITISH
= LONDON, August 24.-The town OF
Bray-sur- -Somme. eight and one-haH
miles west, Of Peronne and nearly SIX
captured by the Australians, Field Mars
shal Hais announced in his. bulletin
to.Right Bray has been the main
right ever since. the British Picardy
drive began on August s.
along he whole s maae ine ses hs.ss Aarss
and Albert. The ADVANCE was especi-
ally marked toward Bapaume and on
Bapaume and and east of % Albert. 'Snsn Sito.
gether 2.4o0 prisoners had been taken
up to the time the British night res
port was issued.
Thiepval. Grandcourt, Miraumont, La
Boisselle. Ory!llers. Moquet farm. Lou:
part wood. Greyfllers, Biefillers and
Irles. have all beenS capturcd.
!; Bray was captured by the Austrss
lians last midnight.
Thrusting east and northeast from
the Albert region. Welsh north 3coun.
try troops swept into and beyond La
'Boiselle. Oyillers. Moquet Farm Thiep.
val and Grandcourt.&takinE 1000 pris- y
opers. They thus, showed up Byng<s &
right almost to a level with his center
cling Bapaume, A little later Miraus
mont fell to them -. SO
lew ZEALANDERs REACH
A OUTSKIRTS OF BAPAUME 4
Meanwhile; New Zeala 9ders heading 4
straight for ,Bapaume, t5ok Loupaft
wood, where they bagged 400 prisoners
and nressed forward. Z capturing GrJ,
Sillers and Bief,llers. both Immediately
west OF Bapavmega then pushed their
lines to Avesnes-les- Bapaume, entatk ~
ilg Bapanme's seutsktrts. The town
iteelf is expected TO- fail riomentariiyS,
Further to the southwest British trcobs.
operating -betwoensthe New 2Aala.id stSt Y
and w elshrhen, cs sptured lilies. IS stul
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