Show AlU ALLIES HOLD HOlH HIGHWAY TO r PERONNE NN French Continue Thrust North of Somme Capture Capture Capture Cap Cap- ture Village of Bou Bow and Wood PARIS Sept 1 13 The The French have captured tile the the village of on the Somme front The official announcement of today says the village which Is In Inthe Inthe Inthe the region of ot Combles was taken from the Germans last evening The French also took by assault a awood awood awood wood wood- yards ards east of the road from Peronne to Bethune On the Verdun front the French made progress In Inthe Inthe inthe the northern part of th the Vaux Vaux-Chapitre wood Numerous aerial engagements and by French aviators on points behind the German lines hines are reported in the tile aviation section of ot today's official official cial statement which says On the Somme front our aeroplanes fought seventeen engagements yester yester- day Two German machines were brought down one in the direction of ot and the other In the neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- of ot northward and northeastward of ot Peronne Four other enemy machines appear to have been badly damaged Last night our bombarding squadrons squadrons squad squad- rons rom dropped a large number of ot bombs I seven Eighty bombs of ot millimeters were dropped on the railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road station and small buildings at Guiscard where two explosions followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed by fire were noticed Twenty- Twenty four bombs were dropped on the railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road station at Roisel and on depots al Seventy-four Seventy bombs were dropped on enemy installations In ill the region of ot Etain two thirty-two on bivouacs in the tile region of ot and six shells on st station During the me otie of ot our bombarding groups carried out the following following fol tol- fol- fol lowing operations One hundred and five bombs were dropped on station sixty on the iron foundries and during luring this tilis bombardment one of ot our machines covered the distance to the scene o o 0 the operations twice Six bombs were dropped on iron foundries at Rombach and six on the railroad from Metz l to Pont a son BERLIN Sept 13 By Wireless to The Sayville-The The capture by the French FrenchI of on the Somme front I is reported in the official announcement announcement announce announce- ment from the tIle war office today The statement follows I Front of Field Marshal Prince Rupprecht Rupprecht Rupprecht Rup- Rup of ot Bavaria The battle north of ot the Somme has recommenced Our troops are engaged in heavy fighting between Combles and the Somme The French entered Artillery Artillery Artil Artil- lery duels of ot great violence continue on both sides of the tile Somme Front of ot the German crown prince East of ot the Meuse Verdun front at attacks attacks attacks at- at tacks made by the French In the sector of ot Thiaumont and Souville failed causing them sanguinary losses |