Show torrential RAI 6 HAMPER OFFENSIVE FURIOUS DOWNPOUR PREVENTS ACTION ALONG THE FRONT IN FRANCE russian armies are again attacking along whole length of their front having pierced german lines in two places glacis london loncon Offic official til dispatches record little change in the situation on tho the british front they show that tile the germans have brought up strong reinforcements f for 0 from other parts part ot of their 1 line ine and are arc stubbornly 10 contesting nt e sting every yard of 0 the british advance torrential talus on july 4 however hampered tile tho offensive operations and the british action was confined mostly to consolidating tile tho ground already won the french have captured two more mor e villages and are on good roads roa de t to 0 peronne but there Is yet no decrease in the violence of the german attacks in the verdun region dispatches from german war correspondents indicate the realization that the central powers are losing the IniGa tive their favorable positions on the interior lines enabled them to hold throughout the long course of 0 the war moreover in commenting on the enormous resources in munitions und war material the entente allies have been able to pile up through the wearying months ol OJ preparation they equally recognize that a profound change has occurred in the relations of the belligerents sin simultaneously with tile the opening ol of the anglo french offensive the rus plan armies are again attacking on the whole hole length of their front an entirely new offensive has been opened against prince leopolds bavarian Da varlan forces in the region of Baranovic Barano vichi hl vilere here the russians Rua Rus slana have pierced the german lines ties at two to places while the italians are maintaining strong pressure along their entire front the british newspapers consider that these events prove that the moment of tho the great reat squeeze has at last arrived and not since the war began have hopes ran so high nevertheless th eless almost every british correspondent spon dent on the western front warns against being over ever sanguine and dally daily reiterates that the progress must necessarily essa rily be slow plow and methodical up to july 4 the anglo french captures in the battle of the somme totaled moro more than prisoners isomers Iso ners twelve heavy guns and two twenty ty eight field guns this booty depre represents ants for the man in the street a very satisfactory result of a little over three days fighting |