British Hurl Foe
Back Farther in
the Ancre Region
Storm and Capture Beau-
court—Germans Admit
Losses Are Heavy*
LONDON, Nov. 14.—The
drive in the Ancre region, which
reached a high wave yesterday, driving Germans from various well defended positions, continued tc I
unabated fury.
Beaucourt, one of the keys to Ba-
paume, and only about seven miles
in a direct line from the German
stronghold, was stormed and captured. Prisoners to the number of
1,000 were taken, maKing the total
for the present drive 5,000, tt
The Germans admit, in the official
statement from Berlin today, that;
Beaumont-Harnel and St. Pier,
have been evacuated and that " our
tenacious defense caused ti
able losses," but declared the i
also suffered " considerable