Show r 1 LOSSES IN H I DY 1 j RE HUGE 11 y I I I I 11 helling Is So Terrific c I That 60 Per Cent of J j j i r ri Defenders Meet Fate I 1 in Certain Sections I p. p L i I LONDON July J. J 6 Having G.-Having Having n I t I the whole German line auth uth of the Somme from the iver ver to Belloy tile the French have operations north of the J i iver and have cleared the bank bauk ait al al- t lost to Clery The French who have I 1 i themselves at arm also threaten Clery I The British are stUl heavily euI eu- eu I 1 I aged all along their front from i to Notwithstanding Not Not- 1 withstanding heavy German counter Ole they have been able to maintain main main- tain in all aU the ground gained and ex- ex 1 f end Jt at some points I As the German trenches are I ed led evidence accumulates of or the cadi execution of or artillery In some ases ses 60 per cent of the defenders here ere killed by by- bythe the terrific shelling I which they were subjected Brith Brit- Brit I h losses vary Certain formations I 1 ailed on to attack defenses 4 here machine guns remained unI un- un I t suffered heavily Others I flit the positions which had been 4 et at as their objective with very Tery slight 1 it 4 t L' L 1 Are Weakened l I I Instead of compelling the tho GerI Ger- Ger I 14 lans ians to lessen their efforts at VerI Ver- Ver I jin the French Anglo offensive j II k to have increased their deter deter- I i possibly in the hope of or pret pre- pre J I It t enting the French from sending reI re re- I to the Somme 1 British observers express I t lon Ion on with the tho progress which has hasL L I een made With the heavy casual- casual I l' l t f i lea tes caused by the bombardment and i he taking of prisoners and a aJ areat J i I. I reat quantity of war material toI to- to I ether with the subsequent losses inI in in- I I I I in counter Attacks it is beI be- be z I ti 1 I eyed that the German power of rei ret re- re i t Istance must have been weakened Sweep Onward t t i i i The Russians continued to record I some of which are of great I I q i i fj f along their front from fromi k k i j liga to the They have 11 t l the railway between iiI I rest est of and one tj f if f the main lines between Galicia 11 r T l' l nd ad Hungary upon which the Aus Aus- 1 Ip rians dans depend largely to supply their I 1 j at Stanislau and before Tar Tar- f r. r 4 opol This places the army of GenI Genral Gen Gen- I jj 3 j rat iral j von Bothmer in a still more dan dan- It I 1 erous position and it is thought he l 1 pay hay ay decide to withdraw toward Lem Leni- j erg v In the Lutsk Lutak salient allent at j 1 1 I nd alon along the Riga front the Russians t p Is i Iso claim to be making pro progress ress t d. d r reid md to have repulsed counter ati at at- r i acks German correspondents exI exi ex ex- ex- ex iii I f i ress the opinion that General Kuro Kuro- Ji fc l is pre preparing aring an offensive in inn inI JI n he Vilna region I ii bv o reg on |