Show GERMANS GERMANS' HURLED FARTHER BACK AT 1 BRITISH S if 1 G GAINO A I N ON FRONT OF 2 MILES A Play Part in Pounding the T euton Line to Pieces in Resumption Resumption Re Re- of Offensive By ED L. L KEEN J LONDON dug Aug ug 5 Smashing 5 Smashing their way forward ona on-a front of nearly two miles British troops ha have ve thrown back the Germans fr from m a quarter to a third of a amile amile mile niile in fierce fighting Sighting northwest of oe Pozieres General Haig British commander in chief so reported in a dispatch to the war office tonight recounting successes successes suc suc- since the resumption of the Somme offensive by the British left wing ing yesterday The gain was on a front and was made by Australians Australians Aus Aus- and troops troops troops' o ot of the now Brit British rit ish army after artillery had pounded I the German defenses to pieces It represents an important advance Inthe in inthe inthe the direction of Bapaume the immediate immediate imme imme- diate object of the British offensive The battle on an the Somme Somma front continued con today according to Berlin reports reports re reo re- re ports with the British attacking in great geat force on a a. three mile front extending ex tending in both directions from Po Two Towns Shelled British artillery today shelled Cour Cour- cellette and Miraumont l causing explosions ex ex- Between Hooge and nd St St. Eloi Elof i artillery combats continued Desperate fighting continued today on the Verdun front but the general situation remains unchanged the German German Ger Ger- man and French war offices agree Parts announced the repulse of all German attacks northeast of Verdun today and added that the French were consolidating newly won positions in Fleury village and at Thiaumont work I Germans Counter I I German troops are directing heavy counter attacks against the positions captured by the British left wing in ina ina ina a resumption of the Somme offensive north of Pozieres last night The German war office announced I late this afternoon that the battle begun begun be be- gun yesterday continued today on a widening front extending from a point p north of to the woods a distance of about three miles mUes The Germans claimed the repulse of British attacks and also of a French advance south of Maurepas l though the British war office announced the capture of German second line positions positions on a front of more than 2000 yards A Australians Advance The he advance made by the Austra laps lians and units of the new British army Increased the menace to the Germans Germans Ger mans in the Thiepval salient where the British forward movement was held up early in the offensive Dispatches Dispatches Dis patches from war correspondents' correspondents headquarters at the British front tonight tonight tonight to to- night said that a terrific blasting fire tire frt from m British guns paved the way for forI I I Continued on oOn page 5 GE GERMANS MANS HU HURLED LED Continued from page 2 2 the Australians' Australians rush Guns of all calibers pounded the German positions positions throughout yesterday until the enem enemy defenses were pulverized and completely flattened The Germans counter attacked I three times during the night but were thrown back with heavy losses Four hundred German prisoners had been brought in before daylight On the Verdun front the battle for forthe forthe forthe the village of Fleury and and the Thiaumont Thiaumont Thiaumont mont work continued with increasing fury early today The Germans counter coun coun- ter attacked time and again but the French war office announced the repulse repulse repulse re re- re- re pulse of all attacks and declared declared de de- I Glared the Thiaumont redoubt is still firmly held by the French The German German German Ger Ger- man war office merely mentioned bitter bit bit- ter fighting on this sector and the capture of prisoners belonging bit I to four French divisions |