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Show GERMAN TROOPS CAPTURE SMALL PORTION OF FARM LOXDOX, Aug. 25. The official report re-port from headquarters in France tonight to-night reads: Early this morning the enemy heavily bombarded the positions captured by us Sunday southeast of Epehy and attacked Gillemont farm on both banks. After sharp fighting fight-ing parties of his troops succeeded in re-establishing themselves in a sim1.! portion of his old trenches northeast of the farm, but were unable un-able to make further progress. At all other points the attack was repulsed. re-pulsed. The farm itself remains in our hands. A hostile raid was driven off with loss this morning northeast of Gouzcaucourt. We had no casualties.. casual-ties.. We advanced our line slightly during the night northeast of Lens and took a few prisoners. |