NOTABLE FRENCH SUCCESSES

Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 42, 18 August 1916, Page 7

NOTABLE FRENCH SUCCESSES

TfWQPORTANT PROGRESS ON SOMME FRONT The High Commissioner reports: — LONDON, 17th August. The French official report says :On the Somm& front, after a violent artillery preparation, our offensive made important gains. North of Maurepas our troops, in conjunction with the British, captured the enemy's trenches on a front of 1650 yards, reaching certain points on the Guillemont-Maurepas road. South of Maurepas, on a front of a mile and a-quarter and to a depth of a quarter of a mile, all the enemy's positions east of the Maurepa-s-Clery road, were occupied by our infantry, which inflicted severe losses on the enemy. South of the Somme we carried with a single rush powerfully-organ-jsed-trenches of a length of 1300 yards, south of Belloy-en-Santerre. (By Telegraph.—United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian-New Zealand Cable Association.) (Received August 18, 10.20 a.m.) . PARIS, 17th August, A communique states : A violent artillery action is proceeding at Maurepas and Belloy-en-Santerre. We are engaged in organising the ground we hava gained. THE CO-OPERATION OF THE EHSTISH. (Received August 18, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 17th August. Sir Douglas Haig reports : Yesterevening, in conjunction with the French advance at Maurepas, we pushed forward our line west and south-west of Guillemont. West of High Wood we captured three hundred yards of hostile trench.