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Show BRITISH REPORT TAKING PART OF FORTIFIED WOOD LONDON", July 9. 2:4-9 a. m British In-fan In-fan try, after a fierce bombardment, stormed a line of trendies and gained a footing In the Bois de Trones, according to the British official statement issued late last night. An appreciable advance also was made in t lie neighborhood of OvJllers. The text reads: The fighting today has been principally prin-cipally on our extreme right flank, where further important successes were gained by our troops. ' To the east of Bernnfay wood, after a fierce preliminary bombardment, we stormed a line of trenches and gained ! lodgment in a strongly defended wood known as the Bois de Trones. There we captured 150 prisoners and several . machine guns. The French on our right flank greatly assisted our advance by the fire of their artillery. The enemy losses from the combined Anglo-French Anglo-French hombardment were severe. A strong German counter-attack in mass, subsequently launched across the open against these captured positions, posi-tions, completely broke down under the fire of IS-pounders and 75-mllli-ineter guns. The enemy retired in disorder. Tn the neighborhood of Ovlllers hand-to-hand fighting continues among the ruins of the village. But tliere. too, we made an appreciable j advance. i Despite the cloudy weather, our aeroplanes and kite balloons did some work taking photos rapl is and df- 1 rectimr the fire of the batteries. A ; large explosion was caused in one of the enemy's ammunition depots and j bombs were dropped on his billets. One of our machines, althoueh disabled, sustained a running fisht of twenty minutes with three hostile aeroplanes j and afterward landed safely in our j own aero.lrome. With this exception few enemy ma- ! chines were seen and these were far ! behind his own trendies. |