Show 1 t i t 1 1 to ip ORCE 1 i wT t f Powerfully Fortified Work North o over of f M River ver iyer Somme Is Taken French in in t the Nh Night ht I ACTIVE allic Airmen Attack lanes nes of Kaiser One f f. Which Is Burned 4 Others Damaged Damage d I gARIS ARIS Aug 2 North North of the Somme last night the Inch troops took a powerfully German work between and M farm it officially Uy Announced by the B c war war department t this af after after- er- er n p n fethe the right bank of of f the river false north of the fortress of Vera Ver- Ver a here was a violent series of enN en- en N m throughout the nl night ht at le le wood and riding n to the east as far as to the Damloup After a series of Successful attacks some with as- as gas the Germans gained a a. In Vaux Vaux-le-Chapitre wood at the actions the French took oner r one hundred Germans three officers Russian reconnoitering party the ement adds made a bayonet charge In h he Champagne region dispersing gran an detachment 04 text of the statement follows i Worth forth of the Somme between F y Od and nd the farm our ps captured a fortified work gly held by the enemy South of II 9 river r an attack delivered by us rz resulted In our occupation 1 German Gennan n trench to the northeast j we also took some pris- pris Ithe Champagne district west of i Arrive rive rive a Russian reconnoitering fl p 4 delivered a bayonet charge net a detachment of the tho enemy thereby dispersed leaving nd a number of dead l n the right bank of the river i se the fighting continued last night violence along the front between le-Chapitre le and Chenois and id d to the east far 1 as as a point pointe l e south of ot Damloup The enemy a series of fruitless attacks some I Mich were accompanied by br the of a asphyxiating ph gas gained l n tl In the Vaux le ii and and at Chenois but elsewhere all I endeavors were checked by our ourn In n the course of these engage engage- engages s s which resulted In Important the enemy we took one hun- hun including three officers long ig tho Somme front our aviators ay showed a great activity A three fj three thirty aerial encounters I. I place over the lines j of the enemy German Gennan aeroplane attacked by t machines was seen to in flames while fourteen other 4 aan machines seriously damaged 4 compelled to land or were seen s v within their lines j r Aug Au 2 J een made b by tl the n a British troops t to toast o ast st of Pozieres In the river Somme was officially announced this noon iCon 4 |