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Show IP : I British Break Through Third Line I I of German Defenses on the Somme , I f Armored Car of Great Power Crosses the Trenches and Craters and Proves One of War Surprises II London, Sept. 15, 5:1 1 a. m. The British in their of- i fensive along the Somme have broken the German third line Ji of defense and have taken the village of Flers, two miles north h of Ginchy, according to reports received by Reuter's Telegram ; company today. British forces are also reported to have gained j the outskirts of Martinpuich, amile and a half east of Pozieres, i the report adds. I The British resumed the offensive I ; today in a powerful attack north of I the Somme in. northern France. Ac- I cording to London, they have driven ! back the German lines from about a I mile and a quarter to nearly a mile and three-quarters at some places, fn Em an assault along a six-mile front CCL As a preliminary to today's extend- jfflF ed offensive movement, General I) HaigJs forces last night attacked and I captured German trenches along a front of more than half a mile-south-! I east of Thiepv.il. j Apparently today's attack had not m spent Us force when the official bul- (, letin was issued, as it declared that I I the British were continuing to pro-1 pro-1 gress. I S, The French on their part drove in to I I the south of Combles, which already 1 1 was nearly hemmed in by the entente 1 1" forces, and report an advance as far I Heavy fighting also has taken place on tho Verdun front, Paris reporting two German attacks there both of which were repulsed. Heavy strokes are being delivered ti" by General Sarrail's forces against the f, Bulgarians on the Macedonian front, i' with marked success, according to Paris todav. Victories "have been won t by the Serbians, French and British. I Constantinople reports the British 1 again on the offensive in Mesopo- If tamia following long inactivity of the forces along the Euphrates and on the f- Tigris below Kut-El-Amara. The Turk s' ish war office claims to have repulsed f the attacks, in one of which the Brit- ' ish are said to have lost 2,000 men. t British Front in France, Sept. 15 ,12 v m Via London, G p. m. This Sorning at dawn tho British made tho most powerful general attack, sup- ' ' ported bv the heaviest volume ot shell i fire, sinco that of July 1. when the f grand offensive began. The attack ng f! front extends over six miles, from the re-ion of Thiopal to the 3unctlon with the French army on the right, or prac- k Ucally the entire line oX the British I' advance of the last ton weeks. ii Having gained the whole ridge from the cast o Thiepval through Ginchy and all the old- German second line fortifications, the British made the - ' riPTt step a broad stride down the hill Gainst the newly constructed German third line. As the ceaseless British I ! artillery flro had not permitted them to dig elaborate dugouts and other de-!' de-!' fenses the Germans became more de- I l pendent on their artillery for defense f They are known to have in .front of the British from Grand Court to C! ' Ginchy 1 000 guns, or 150 to the mile. ThuV todav still another record -has S made in the volume of projectiles tU Aside f fomufeir Increased artillery vanco toward the Germa n afternoon, has gained the l age behind the f acln ncs to the H I The British also are close to tu M I village of Courcelette. They nae 9 k taken "wunder werk" redoubt, m ui 9 I Thiopva? region, hich belonged to tho m I old first lino fortifications. The Gor ? j I mans had aimed to make It mPn IjM I uXhlo Enst of Devil's wood the Ger-m Ger-m , mans'in a strong redoubt, continue to ;' m $ make desperate resistance M $ The French also arc attacking. iue il .thunder of artillery and the struggle of 1 infantry rages from Thiopval to tho s Somme. ft sSS jgL member of the crew is i African. CF-- The Counsellor was a vessel ol .ii Wf .tons. She s'alled from Colon ror Liv Jfa lerpool on August 27 'on her way home J.fL (from Vancouver via San c,cj tA, jH ( London despatch last night said the vessel had been sunk but did not explain ex-plain the cause. Ethel Has Been Sunk. London, Sept 15, 12:57 p. m. The Norwegian steamer Ethel, of 1,153 tons gross, has been sunk, a Lloyd's : announcement today states. I Danish Steamer Sunk. London, Sept. 15i 2 p. m. The Danish Dan-ish steamer Hans Tavsen of 1,709 tons gross, has been sunk, according to a Lloyd's dispatch from Saint Malo, Normandy. The crew was landed. Austrians Defeated. London, Sept 15, 3:40 p. m. According Ac-cording to advices from Swiss sources the Austrians have suffered another sanguinary defeat west of Kapul mountain in tho Carpathians, says a wireless dispatch from Rome today. |