Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-09-04 | Page 1 | British Gain Much Ground

BRITISH GAIN MUCH GROUND Capture All of Guinchy, But I Are Forced to Give Up i Part of Village. London, Sept. 4, 3 p. m. As the result re-sult of the fighting yesterday north of the river Somme, in France, says tho British official statement issued today, British troops captured German defenses on a 3,000-yard front for an average depth of S00 yards and Including In-cluding the village of Guillemont. The whole of Guinchy at first was captured, but the British were compelled com-pelled to give ground, retaining part of the village despite heavy counterattacks counter-attacks in tho course of the nighL More than S00 Germans were taken prisoner. oo