Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-07 | Page 2 | British Make a Slight Advance near Thiepval

BRITISH MAKE A SLIGHT ADVANCE NEAR THIEPVAL LONDON", July 6, 2:05 p. m. "Near Thiepval (on the Somme) we made a further slight advance and captured a number of prisoners," the war office announced today. "South of L-a Bassee canal, after the discharge of gas and smoke, we made some successful raids into the enemy's first line. In one of these the Roya'v. Welsh fusiliers especially distinguished themselves, capturing forty prisoners a trench mortar and a machine gun. "In another raid the. Highland light infantry successfully entered the enemy's trenches west of Hullach, where a machine ma-chine gun emplacement was destroyed many Germans were killed and some prisoners were taken. "There was no change of Importance on the rest of our front."