Show EXTEND II LiNE N E IN I German F Forces Hurled Back Over Big Area in Mile Two F Front ont Gained Report JOI JOIN FRENCH GROUP GROU Armies of Allies Swe Sweep p. p F Foemen F From Field for Depth of to Yards in Big Drive I LONDON Aug 19 19 The T The e British line on the Somme front front- Jias h ha b bee en a adua tr r i two miles les long Jong long and and to ao 6 dy yards aids deep from High wood High wood a to the junction point with the French forces the war office announced d ItO today to to- day The thunders of the tho heaviest rainstorm rainstorm rainstorm rain rain- storm of the season Joined those those of the artillery this morning as a finale to yesterdays yesterday's French Anglo attack from Pozieres to the tine Somme Th The chilly heavy downpour dO continues The British main main- advance was w was s. s tow toward rd Guillemont where they gaineS gained an important position on either side sido of the town besides ground on th thI the tho r right ht of High wood I The statement says O Our Oar r success C reported last night has been maintained and extended During During Dur Dur- ing the night the enemy delivered several very determined counter attacks at at- at 1 tacks against positions we had cap Except on our OUI extreme right where the enemy regained a little ground these counter attacks everywhere everywhere every every- where were repulsed From High wood to th point where we join up with the French we advanced advanced ad ad- our line over a frontage of more than two miles f for r a distance varying between yards and yards We Ve now hold the western outskirts out outskirts skirts of Guillemont and a line thence northward to midway between Delville wood and Ginchy and also the orchards north of Longueval Between High wood and the tho AI Al- bert bent road we captured some hundred yards yards' of an enemy trench East and southeast of 1 farm we wo advanced our line by some yards Between and Thiepval Thiep- Thiep val we pushed forward on a front of ofa over a half As a result of these operations several hundred prisoners have been ta taken en by us |