Show HUES ALLIES mi III THE WEST WES T STRENGTH OF ENGLISH FRENCH AND BELGIANS dl DI AGAINST GERMANS attack develops into general bat tie by land and sea the losses on an both sides being appalling london the long ion expected drive by the alles on the western front hag has begun on land and sea after a week of intense preparation the details of which have haie been kept secret the full strength of the eng lish french and belgians was vms direct cd in a tremendous concentrated at ut tack upon the german front on satur day the attack has developed into a general battle by land and sea from the belgian coast to tho the southern limit ot of the german army in champagne the trench are attacking the german second line of trenches and ore are making further progress but seemingly the allies offensive nun ement Is not being car ried on bilth ith the same impetuosity which characterized the first two days of the operations the suc ses won on are recognized as very important but the main object which Is to break through the german lines has not yet been accomplished complis hed both the british and french great ly have improved their positions and by gaining the hills and crests from v bich they can dominate the german lines of communication their next at tempt to win a decisive victory should be made easier in tho the ale view of experts in london field marshal sir 1 john french reports the capture of powerful german defenses around loos where tho th num ber of prisoners taken by the british has reached forty tn machine aLbine guna guns being taken and many des destroyed lestro troed td the british have captured the first and second lines and are heavily engaged la ta an attack on the third the french continue to push forward east of souchez bouchez Sou chez aiming at the heights of vimy which command the plain to the east walle alle the british to the north are making secure their bold hold on the lens la bassee road and are beating oft off the german counter attacks the battle in champagne ie is over a sixteen mile trout front where trie french are pre attacking and now are w within the german positions and which has been eo 60 useful to them in moving troops and supplies to threatened points with the french guns within easy range the railway rallay Is rendered useless As A usual there Is a great divergence between beti een the german and french official nc Rc counte counts of the battles the ger mans claim all the french attacks have been repulsed ana mat a num ber of prisoners have been captured it Is the same with regard to the crown cron prince princes e offensive in the argonne whereas this la Is described by the french as an important action the tile germans say it Is a minor one designed to improve the situation and that the desired result res alt has been achieved on the entire front it the he fight has on the aspect of furious attacks and counterattacks counter attacks in which aich the carnage has been fearful and which may continue f for or weeks bevic a definite decision Is I 1 reached achl re the fighting Is the bloodiest of the entire war or with two million strongly In trenched germans pitted against french freach and ant british armies estimated to number four our million the germans are reported to b bi reinforcements to the rushing strong front and an amsterdam dispatch says that hat t emperor U Ij liam himself Is rushing to luxemburg to on hie his armies |