TWO DAYS' RECORD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16766, 7 August 1916, Page 5

TWO DAYS' RECORD.

A BIG ADVANCE. GOOD ARTILLERY WORK. LONDON, August 6. (Received Aug. 6, at 11.5 p.m.) Sir Douglas Haig reports: Including the capture of trenches reported to= day, our line north and west of Pozieres has been pushed forward from 400 io 600 yards on a 3000 yards front during the last two days. Australian, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex troops par= ticipated in the operation, and con= solidated the ground won despite heavy shell fire. Our artillery shelled Conrceiette and Meraumont, and destroyed 10 gun em= placements and three munition stores. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. LONDON, August. 5 (3.5 p.m.) The High Commissioner reports: A French official report states: On the Somme front the night was relatively calm. Between the Iwre and the Somme several German patrols wero dispersed, and some taken prisoner. East of Pont-a-Mcusson, after artillery preparation, the Germans attacked our positions on the forest face, but failed under machine gun fire. LONDON", August 6 (0.50 a.m.) A French official report says: In the Somme we bombarded enemy organisations on the right bank of the Meuse. Combats continued all day in the region of Thiaumont, and in Fleury, noith-west of the South Thiaumonfc Work. All attacks to dislodge us failed Not only did we break tho enemy efforts, inflicting great lossps, but a second offensive enabled us to seize for the seoond time in 12 hours the Thiaumont Work, which remains in our power, notwithstanding several counterattacks. Tho struggle vas continued with great bitterness in the village of Fleury, after having evacuated all villages this morning. After several German attacks, our infantry this afternoon carried at the point of the bayonet the greater part of tho village, where the enemy still resists energetically. The number of unwounded German prisoners made during tho day exceeds 400. In the region of VauxC'hapitre and Le Chenois there was a violent bombardment, without infantry action. LONDON", August 5 (0.30 a.m.). A British official report says : There was a quiet day in the trenches which we captured last night west of Pozieres. We are in very close touch with the enemy. Large numbers of German dead arc lying all round these trenches. We took 100 prisoners. The enemy's artillery maintained a barrage south of Pozieres mott of the day, and shelled portion of Maintz Wood. The enemy exploded a mine at Auchy, on our side of the crater, indicating the nervousness of the miners. Four British aeroplanes engaged seven of the enemy for 45 minutes. Three German machines were brought down, ,and two of the British are missing. LONDON, August 4 (4.5 p.m.). The Petrograd official report says :—ln the region of Lubechor our detachments crossed to the left of Stochod, taking a series of heights, where they fortified themselves on the river Stavcy—a tributary to the left of tho Stochod. We fought riverwards, where we obstinatcly engaged at the villages of Rndkam and Rinskaia. There was bayonet fighting in tho sheet, the village repeatedly changing hands, but it remained ours, all attempts to dislodge lis failing. The enemy was forced bach behind the Stavcy, 600 prisoners and 12 machine guns being taken. Towards Koty tho enemy were repelled by our fire. Elsewhere there is mutual artillerv action.