Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-10-04 | Page 1 | Strong German Defense Taken

DEFUSE TAKEN French Complete Capture of Powerful Line Between Morval and Wood. TAKE 300 PRISONERS Germans Keep Up Lively Bombardment South of the Somme River. Paris, Oct 4. A strongly defended German line of trenches between Morval and the St. Plerre-Vaast wood on the Somme front has been captured by the French, the war office announced an-nounced today. Three hundred prisoners prison-ers were taken. "North of tho Somme," says tho official statement, "we completed the capture of a powerful lino of Gorman trenches betwen Morval and the St Plerre-Vaast wood. Wo made about 300 prisoners, including 10 officers. South of the Sommo there -was a lively enemy bombardment of tho region re-gion of Beloy-en-Santerre. Tho night was calm on the rest of tho Yront. "Bad weather interfered with aerial operations on the greater portion of tho front." on