Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-09-30 | Page 1 | French Take One More German Position

I WRENCH FRENCH TAKE ONE I MORE GERMAN T Lose Footing at Various Points on Second Second Second Sec Sec- ond Line of Defense PARIS Sept 30 30 ln In continuation continuation continuation contin contin- of the general offensive movement on the western front the French have captured an important important im im- defensive work of the Germans south of it was officially officially announced by the war office today In tho the Champagne French trench troops have hn gained d a a. footing nt Dt various points on the German second lino Une of oC defense tho the official statement adds adde The text of ot the tho communication follows Tho The only resistance of the enem enemy In the tho Artois district has been a Y very ry violent bombardment of our new po posItions positions po- po to the tho east of ot Souchez In tho the Champagne district we have secured a n footing at several points In the trenches of the German second lino Uno of ot defense defenso to the west of Butte de and to the west of the iho farm At this latter point certain detachments of our troops made their WR way through and resolutely advanced beyond the German German Ger Ger- man lines Unes but it was impossible f for r them to maintain this advance be because because because be- be cause of a curtain of fire maintained b by the German artillery as well as ns a avery avery very cry violent flanking rifle fire Our Out m men D ho however er e hold the Iio points paints conquered by them on the second line Unc of tha enem enemy To the south of we have enlarged and anel completed our conquest sl of oC the tho first lino German pO positions by taking possession of a n portion of the Important supporting works known locally OB ns the d dc de la the tho defeat earthworks The night pass passed cd quietly along tho remainder of oC tho frontIn frontIn frontIn front In spite of most unfavorable at atmospherIc atmospheric atmospheric at- at conditions our aircraft squadrons yesterday bombarded theline the tho lines line of communication behind the German Gennan front Shells ShEIls wore thrown down on the railroad stations in the valley of the at Bazancourt Pont Fa erger and St. St la to Petit as well as upon a aGerman aGerman German column marching near Somme Somme-Py