Show MKE BIG DENT IN GERMAN LIKE LINE BRITISH DRIVE BACK ON FRONT OF ELEVEN MILES IN SOMME REGION claim to have taken thirty thousand prisoners Pris Cap captured lured twenty on one VII vil with lages and taken many guna guns with out loss of a gun london more than three and ene one half months of battle on the S omme with the heaviest concentration of at tillery infantry and every type of or war material and the moet most skillful and des de fighting the world has ha ever kricun has resulted in marked devel of britt british it fighting efficiency and of means tor for reducing the losses of 0 the attackers in the he way of e achievements the british have taken prison ere ers or a little lese less than 1500 for each of the twenty one vill iges captured with an average population of about soul souls they have taken gun guns trench mortars and trench guns and machine gune guns they have not lost a gun the british have driven buck back the tho germans on a front of elevin mile miles to depth of four to eight miles former citizens of captured villa village gets are requesting that they be allowed to return to them and build new homes on the ruing ruins of their old ones the offensive has consisted of in of preparation and siege work after earh big general attack to prepare what Is called a jumping oft off place for another general attack through july owing to the heavy coat cost of taking the first line trenches the british casualties here ere probably heavier than the german through august when over a largo large part of the front the germans were out of their second as well WON as an their first line system of defenses and the battle became one of digging and fighting in the open for both sides casualties were about even yet from all information the corre pon spon dent can gain tae german osia i were not less than 25 and post bl y 50 per cent higher than titan the british britis h during september when the dr british ibish gained most ground |