Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-11-02 | Page 5 | Important Gain Made by French

i IMPORTANT GAIN j MADEBYFRENCH ; Paris, via London, Nov. 2, 2 a. ra. 1 1 The official statement tonight says: I ; "North of the Sommo we made im- I ; portant gains. Northeast of Les I'' Boucfs, counting our gains of last I .! ! night, we took, after a swift attack, I ; two more enemy trenches, capturing I 125 prisoners. I ', "Another attack southeast of Sail-lisef Sail-lisef made us masters of a system of I ; strongly, organized trenches in the I western outskirts of St. Pierre Vaast I I wood. Fifty prisoners remained in I'; our hands after this action. I : "It is confirmed that the attack I ' ' launched by the Germans on Sailly: I ,: Saillisel was an ambitious effort to I oust us from the village. Its failure I . ' was complete, costing the enemy I ; heavy losses, judging by the number I ';, of dead which covered the battle-I battle-I ; field. I ': "Verdun front: There was artil- I lery fighting especially violent in the I secetors of DounaumonL" I: Salonika Nov. 1, via London, 5:01 I ' p. m. The capture by the British ' ; forces on the Struma sector of the I ? , Macedonian front of the village of I I Barakli-Azuma is announced In the of- I : ficial statement issued today regard- I ing British military operations on I ; this front. I Two other villages, Proesink and I Kumli, also were occupied by the I I British, who in the two positions, I : took 314 prisoners. I A slight advance by the Serbians I in the Cerua region on the Mace-M Mace-M donian front is reported in today's of-I of-I ficial statement, which reads: I "On Octoher 30 there was only I slight activity on the left bank of the Cerna, because of the bad weather. Mi We made additional Bulgarian and I German prisoners I , "On October 31 our artillery was active on tlie Cerna."