Show BRITISH STRIKE GREATEST SOMME BLOW e. e e. e I II I SMASH A HOLE l i MALE UP DEEP i KAI R T Grand rand Assault Unaided by French Wins P Prisoners Fight Rages on Beaucourt Outskirt By International News New Series lo to Tile The T Telegram I tr a. a LONDON Nov 14 Eng Eng England's lands land's greatest v w. w on the tha th Somme front has been struck Smashing forward through the first line positions of the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans over a line five miles wide th the British have advanced more than a amile amile amile mile and are now in a position to strike at the strategic town of 01 Mc- Mc Caumont which the Germans have hav strongly fortified It was the first time that the Eng- Eng English lish have delivered ered a grand assault unaided unaided un- un I aid aided d by the operation co-operation of the tile French I since the big drive arive against Bapaume and Peronne opened on July 1 SALIENT WIPED OUT With Beaumont Hammel St. St Pierre Divion and probably Serre In their I possession the British have straightened straightened straightened straight straight- ened their lines west of Bapaume wiped out a German salient which had been dc deemed emed impregnable But this important success did not go uncontested German guns were turned loose up upon n the lost ground and darkness darkness darkness dark dark- ness found the hosts of the kaiser surging forward in battering a counterattacks counterattacks counter counter- attacks against tho new British line II The powerful offensive launched bythe by bythe the British on the Somme front yesterday yesterday yes yos- morning was continued all night The Tho capture of Beaumont Hammel Ham Ham- mel inel was officially announced by th the war office today It was carried in a a. storm attack Sweeping on oti east of Beaumont Hammel Hammel Ham Ham- mel the British reached the outskirts outskirt of ot Beaucourt where fighting is now in il progress Between and German German German Ger Ger- man prisoners prisoners' have been taken by bT Gen Caen Gen Haigs Haig's army the report says POSITION IS STORMED t i I The Tile text of the British war office report follows I We Ye stormed the heavily fortified village of of Beaumont Hammel and ad advanced advanced ad a.d. I to to the outskirts of Beaucourt- Beaucourt J sur The Tine number of prisoners prisoner i is increasing having baving passed through h the collecting stations since I Saturday The fighting continues B By International New Nest S Service to The Th Telegram PARIS Nov No 14 14 In H.-In In an effort to di divert divert di- di i- i vert ert allied pressure on their lines on the Somme and Verdun fronts the I Germans have begun to attack in Champagne The TIe war office com com- tod today y stated that a strong strom German assault was delivered west of Auberive but was repulsed by the French There was artillery duelling s south th of ot the Somme near during durin th the I night ni By Associated PIt Rea to The Telegram I BERLIN Nov 14 via London This Th stubborn defense made b by the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans of the positions near the river which were attacked yesterday by the British caused the defenders defenders' to suffer Important losses the war of office or- or i flee fice announced today The capture bythe by by- bythe the British of Beaumont Hammel and andSt St St. Pierre lierre DIvIon with the latter laUer at connecting lines is reported By tram Ilesa to The Tel Telegram LONDON JONDON Nov 14 Redoubled Redoubled efforts ef ef- forts are being made by the Austrian and Germans against Rumania Reuters Reuter's Reuters Reuter's Reu- Reu tc ter's rs r's Bucharest B st correspondent reports Powerful Teutonic reinforcements reinforcement have been sent to the tine region of ot Or- Or sova soya on the Danube in n Hungary Hung near tho the Rumanian border In this region the struggle is continuing stubbornly every effort being made by the Austrians Austrians Aus- Aus and G Germans Germane to recapture the Continued on page 2 2 t SMASH SMASH HOLE Continued from page 1 W town own and re-establish re communications communications' by jy way of the Danube Fighting also is especially severe at two wo points in the at 01 OI- and in the Jiul valley alley where the Invaders are are seeking to break through to By B Associated PreM Prest to The Th BUCHAREST Nov 14 Via Yla London After repulsing attacks delivered without cessation since October 29 by German Austro-German troops In the neIghborhood neighborhood neighborhood neigh neIgh- of the valley on the northern TransylvanIan front the Ru- Ru anians today made a successful counter attack the war office announces an an- By B A ocl d l to to The Tho Telegram PETRO PETROGRAD GRAD Nov Nov 14 Via London Lon Lon- don The don The German Austro-German forces which aro are invading Rumania have captured captured cap- cap the village of in the JIul valley In the Alt Ait valley the Rumanians Rumanians Rumanians Ru Ru- have been forced to retire By Bl B Pray PreM to The Tho Tell TeJ BERLIN Nov 14 By Wireless to Russian Russian forces have retired from the Gyergyo mountains In northern north north- ern Transylvania to the Rumanian frontier as a result of German and Austro Austro Hungarian Hungarian attacks says today's German official statement To the south of ot pass the statement adds Bavarian and Hungarian Austro battalions made progress despite the tenacious defense of the Rumanians |