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Show BRITISH ADVANCE AT VARIOUS POINTS ON SOMME FRONT LONDON, Sept. 2S, 4 : 4 f p. m British j 1 troops last night advanced at' various points on the Somme front and between i Mart input ch and Guedecourt, says the j British official statement issued today. The British announcement says: During the night our line was ad-I ad-I vanced at various points between Mar-Unpulch Mar-Unpulch and Guedecourt, and posts ! were established west and southwest ; of Eaucourt l'Abbaye and within 800 yards of that village, j On the left of our front our position posi-tion was consolidated on the ridge northeast of Thlepval. A battalion of enemy infantry with transport was ! caught on the march by our artillery artil-lery and successfully shelled. The fighting in the last few days j has been singularly economical. Our losses were small, not only relatively . to the Importance of our gains, but absolutely. Our total casualties were not more than twice the number of enemy prisoners taken. Our division, which had a specially difficult task allotted to it, took as many prisoners as It suffered casualties. |