Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-08-31 | Page 2 | Bad Weather on Western Front

1 meiBt ! London, Aug. 31. The lull in the fighting on the . Somme front con- tinues, due to persistent bad weather. j' The last twentj'-four hours saw no action ac-tion on a large scale, but the British j made some minor gains today, j straightening out their line across a small salient south of Martlnpuich. I Thirty-eight prisoners were taken. ! The French frustrated two German j .efforts to attack near Reillon, in Lor- ' raine, and made progress east of Floury In the Verdun area. The German war office announced this afternoon the ejection of British j troops from German positions pene- j t rated north of Ovillers and Poziores j last night. The repulse of French at- j tacks on tho Verdun front Is also re- ported. All official statements re- 1 cord lively artillery duels at vital j parts of the western front, despite In- 1 clement weather. 2