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Show BRITON AND RUSS ARE IKING GAINS MIDNIGHT ATTACK BY BRITONS RESULTS IN ADVANCE ALONG FIVE-MILE FRONT. Russian General Has Cut Field Marshal Mar-shal Von Hindenburg's Line at Several Fointo enu Has Penetrated Pene-trated Lines Five Miles. London. Rritish a d Australian troops, by a midnight thrust on a front of eight miles between Thiepval and Guillemont, carried the German outer works for a ( t retch of five miles, penetrated into Pozieres and, wheeling around the village, have driven a wedge across the Bapaume highroad, between Pozieres and Bap aume. The German defense line between Pozieres and Guillemont bore the brunt of the attack and it was here that the British registered the largest larg-est gains. More important than the seizure of terrain, however, is the fact that General Haig has forestalled the German counter stroke which svas In process of preparation and for which large Teuton reinforcements had been gathered behind the front. From the eastern frontier come further fur-ther reports of continued Russian successes. suc-cesses. General Kuropatkin has cut Field Marshal von H.odenburg's line at several points, and, according to an unofficial report, lia penetrated a distance of five miles. Russian official reports of the operations op-erations in this sector (Riga) are exceedingly ex-ceedingly reticent, but Von Hindenburg's Hinden-burg's line was considered the strongest strong-est on the whole eastern front, and that the Russians were able to break ft is regarded as most significant tere. |