Show TRENCHES OF KAISER i STORMED BY FRENCH Positions of Germans i in inI n Verdun Sector Taken Take n I Front of on Yards Counter Attack Loses s BIG GUNS BATTLE E Artillery Is Active or on 1 Somme Front and Also Als Alsin o in Sectors of Fleur Fleury y and Vaux Le Chapitre e PARIS Aug 15 French Frenc French h troops captured German trenches s on a front of about yards yard long and long and too yards yards- deep nort orth of the chapel of Sainte Fine a athe at atthe t the Ue Intersection of the Fleury an and d td I Vaux roads on the right bank of th the e Meuse In the Verdun sector last night says the war office statement today On the Somme front the Uie the French ar artillery artillery artillery ar- ar tillery was very ery active at Belloy Es Es- Es trees and Lihons Elsewhere th the e night nis-ht was calm The statement reads On the Somme front our artillery displayed great activity In the sectors sector s north of the river south of Belloy an and a sa and north of Lihons South n of Belloy a German reconnoitering g party was dispersed by our rifle fire North of the Aisne an enemy eDemy detachment detachment de- de after a lively bombardment penetrated a small salient of our lines s northwest of Beaulne It was driven drive out by an Immediate counter attack On the right bank of ot the Meuse Meus e Verdun front a series of minor actions ac- ac ac actions eY lons was carried out brilliantly b bour by Y our grenadiers north of the chapel o of re r Sainte Fine enabling us to carry some e portions of German trenches on a front font of ot yards and a depth of about i 00 yards The enemy attempted t to o recapture them by a counter attack which was broken up by our curtains I of f fire I II The bombardment continued with I considerable violence in the sectors of Fleury leury and Vaux Le Chapitre Everywhere Everywhere Every Every- I where when else the night was calm |