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Show FRENCH CAPTURE TRENCHES North of Somme and Advance as Far as Village of Rancourt. Paris, Sept 15. 12:05 p. m. North of the Somme the French last night captured a series of German trenches and advanced as far as the village of Rancourt, the war office announced today. On the Verdun front two German Ger-man attacks were repulsed. The statement follows: "North of the Somme at the close of yesterday evening our troops, in an attack carried out with gas, took by, assault a group of German trenches south of Rancourt and nushed for-j ward parties to the edge of the village. In the night the Germans renewed their attack in the region east of; Clery. All their efforts were defeated with sanguinary losses. Especially In i an attack made near the southern ex-! tremity of Hill 76, the enemy sustained sus-tained heavy losses. "South of the Somme we easily re-j pulsed a grenade attack northeast of Berny-en-Santerre. "Between tho Oise and the Aisne a surprise attack was delivered against the enemy's trenches in the region of Autreches, enabling us to inflict losses loss-es on the Germans and take some prisoners. "On the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun front) the enemy attempted twice to attack our lines west of tho Fort Vaux road, but was repulsed." oo |