| Show L FORCES fORCES t AKE PRISONERS r r r g s os S- S Ss sa s- s a Corps i frol Lines lAnes WIN 11 l LOCAL 0 C A L LT T R A 1 1 L Improved Positions of F Fochs Foch's och s Forces Important Import Import- ant in Face of Expected Expect Expect- ed Smash by Germans UNITED PRESS WAR SUMMARY One thousand four hundred and and thirty-eighth thirty day of the war war FRONT FRONT German ar- ar began bombarding the the British line along a ten mite front between the and Villers this morning followIng following follow follow- ing Ing repulse of German German- attacks attacks' the the- Jas Enemy guns were ver active north of Montdidier I FLANDERS FRONT FRONT British S troops advanced their lines lins slightly near Merris taking several several sev sev- I eral prisoners MARNE FRONT Artillery fighting fight ng occurred south south of the I Aisne near farm l.- l. CHAMPAGNE FRONT FRONT French French p took prisoners in raids s J ITALIAN FRONT FRONT Italian Italian forces are still pressing forward on a I mile forty-mile front in Albania RUSSIA The RUSSIA The murder of Ambassador Ambassador Am- Am M Mirbach is reported to have been the first step in a Russian terrorist plot for killing the other Germans responsible for Russia's predicament the the predicament the kaiser Hindenburg I and Kuehlmann S BELGIUM BELGIUM-A A daylight raid on on V Van an ambulance station at La Panne by German airmen resulted in the the death of four fifty-four girl workers TURKEY TURKEY Constantinople was was was' bombed by five allied airmen Sunday The Turkish war office reported no damage By ay Associated Press activity on the F FIGHTING I western and Italian fronts fronts' still is confined to local op r rh However there ar are ma mari many i signs that the great combats combats' which marked the German offensives on the west and the Austrian stroke in Italy will shortly be rivaled Satisfactory as have been the nibbling nibbling nib bling tactics of ot the allied command they th y have not yet aroused the Germans to action Franco-American Franco troops on the French front have taken prisoners prisoners pris pris- since June 15 The German hesitation hesitation hesitation hes hes- In resuming the offensive is 18 giving the allies aUtes although prepared to meet it little concern as day by day they improve their positions by ad advances vanc vances s in local operations which a ye year r or so ago wo would ld have been as sizable battles FRENCH REPEL ATTACK In an attack against th the new French positions in the Longpont region south of the the Germans have hate tall failed d to advance d nce The enemy nemy has made no no attempt to recoup the losses sustained in the he French forward movement southwest of ot Noyon Noy n In which the he Ce Ger Germans er- er mans l lost Jest st prisoners and thirty m ma- ma chine guns The weather eather on the BritIsh Brit Brit- I. I Ish front has been rainy and unfavorable able S There are indications that the German German Ger Ocr man are preparing to attempt to r capture the high gr ground und won by the Australians and Americans within within- the thelast thelast thelast last few tew days on the front cast east of Amiens north of VIller VUler Local attacks occurred In this region last ast night but the British had little trouble trouble- in dealing with them This morning however the enemy artillery opened a bomb bombardment of considerable intensity over a front of approximately eight miles from north across the Somme to the BRITISH ADVANCE The only infantry operation within the last twenty-four twenty hours in which ground was gained is r reported by Field Marshal Haig Halg It occurred on the Flanders front where the British ad advanced nd- nd their line slightly near Merris This Improves the position which protects protects pro pro- Nieppe wood and the other t r. r ap approaches approaches approaches ap- ap to Hazebrouck the rall railway rallay y Junction back of the wood continued d dI I possession of which ds ls vital tto to S S Cot Continued nue on page age S. 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S I i S b r SS i t S ALLIES WIN Continued from p page g 1 1 maintenance of ot the the British British line on the Ypres front Comparative quiet prevailed on the Fre French ch front There were artillery duels north of Montdidier and in the Longpont region in the northerly part of the Marne Marna front where the French recently made extensive local gains of ground n The region north of Montdidier whence a considerable volume of shellIng shellIng shell- shell Ing is reported report d includes the Cantigny sector held by American troops The sectors of th the Marne Mame salient held by the Americans were Yere unusually quiet yesterday and last night the artillery firing being far below normal Such firing as the American gunners Indulged in indulged indulged In- In In was mainly directed against the Germans in the neighborhood of hill west of Chateau Thierry Berlin continues to report officially that all aU allied efforts are being repulsed repulsed re e pulsed Allied patrol actions are made to appear as attacks and allied attacks as small raids Claim is made by th the German command that successful lo local local local lo- lo cal engagements have beet beer fought west of Chateau Thierry where the tho Americans and French hold the line tine northwestward toward the Retz forest east of Villiers Fianco Italian successes In Albania apparently threaten seriously the Aus- Aus Hungarian tro-Hungarian situation in central Al Alba Al- Al ba bania ia T The e French are making good gains In eastern Albania west of Lake while the Italians are are- are advancing ing speedily in the west The Austrian line appears to be V shaped V-shaped with the allies pressing hard on both flanks and the point of the salient being near Berat An Austrian retirement of any moment would probably compel the Bulgarians to rearrange their lines in Macedonia east of Lake A new provisional government for Siberia has been bee set up in Vladivostok now In co control of Slovak forces for It will vill oppose the central powers The new g government is reported to pave nave havethe t I the support of the population I Admiral Von Hintzc the German GermanI minister at It is reported will succeed Dr Richard Von Kuehlmann Kuehlmann Kuehlmann Kuehl- Kuehl I mann as German foreign secretary Emperor William is said to have ac acI accepted accepted ac- ac Von Kuehlmann's resignation I Admiral Von Hintze is the former minister min ister later to China and Mexico |
