THE BRITISH DRIVE

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 3012, 5 August 1916, Page 2

THE BRITISH DRIVE

AN OFFICIAL REPORT

GROUND GAINED BY BOMBING

GERMANS CUT UP AT DELVILLE

WOOD

London, August 4

The British official report states: North of Bazentin-le-Petit we gained ground by bombing.

During tho night, the enemy sent four strong detachments towards Delville Wood. All were repulsed with heavy loss. In one place, fifty of the enemy, were caught in mass formation by machine gun fire.

On Tuesday we caused a big explosion at Courcelette.

Throughout tbe day the enemy's artillery maintained a barrage west and south-west of Pozieres and shelled Longueval, Mametz, and Catterpillar Woods.

Further north, they shelled,the villages near Arras and Armentieres and dropped bombs on tho outskirts of villages without doing damage.

In the Givenchy district we bom barded the enemy's lines at Hohen zollern.

At the Loos salient, there was considerable trench mortar activity on both sides.

Two enemy aeroplanes were brought down in the northern section of our line. One of them seems to be a new pattern. Three of our machines were brought down by the enemy's gunfire.