... SOMME BATTLE RESULTS. 117 SQUARE MILES RE-CAPTURED. 65,000 Prisoners. HEAVY LOSSES OF GERMAN DIVISIONS. Tuesday's fighting completed the destruction of the German positions of the Somme. Since the offensive began 45 villages and about 117 square miles ...

... the Press Bureau shortly before noon yesterday. APPRECIABLE progress. Paris, Wednesday GAIN SOUTH OF THE SOMME. On the French front north of the Somme there was no change up to the time the afternoon communique was issued. South of the river, however, by ...

... off—Central News. 65,800 PRISONERS. TOTAL ALLIED CA PITRES THE SOMME AND VERDUN Information from a reliable source states that in spite the important enemy effectives put into the field the Somme front, comprising three fresh divisions, and the violence of ...