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Show : OfSflN Claim Allied Forces Collapsed Before German Lines Between Be-tween the Ancre and the Somme, BERLIN, via London, Aug. 11. The official communication issued by the war office today follows: "Between the Yser and the Ancre tho fighting activity decreased during tho day, but was revived at many points in the evening. Strong enemy thrusts on both sides of the Lys were repulsed. "On the battle front the enemy has extended his attacks as far as the Oise. "Between the Ancre and the Sommo they collapsed before our lines. Directly Di-rectly south of the Somme the enemy infantry remained inactive after their failures on August D. Strong partial attacks of the enemy near Rainecourt and against Lihons failed as the result re-sult of our fire and in counter-attacks. "Tho main strength of the attacks yesterday was directed against our front between the Ancre and the Avre. In the fluctuating battle against tho masses of armed cars and unshakable attacking strength of our infantry again made itself fully felt at this point. On many occasions the enemy's assaults broke down even as a result of our artillery fire, "Before the sector of a single division divis-ion alone more than forty armored cars arc lying destroyed. "Between the Avre and the Oise the enemy, after violent artillery preparation prepara-tion made strong attacks against our old positions from Montdidier as far as Outheuil. He was not able to reach our new fighting line east of Montdidier, Montdid-ier, which we announced yesterday. "Our rear guards received the enemy in our old positions with a strong fire and then yielded, fighting beyond the line of LaBoissiere, Hain-villers, Hain-villers, Ricquebourg and Marest. "There has been very livelv aerial activity over the battlefield. We have shot down twenty-three more eneiuv airplanes and one captive balloon. "On the Vesle the enemy was repulsed re-pulsed between Fismes and Courlan-don. Courlan-don. "In Champagne, west of die Somme-Py-Souain road there were local engagements en-gagements in which we took prisoners." pris-oners." nn |