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Show I ALLIES CAPTURE I TURKISH TRENCHES H OFFENSIVE ON GALIPOLI PENIN J SULA RESULTS IN GAINS ALONG M FRONT OF THREE MILES. B First Important Battle of Italian Cam B palgn Raging for Possession of B !l"T'. Tolomlno Warships Busy B Destroying Cables. B London. Thu ulllcs in tholr offen B slvo on tho Gallpoll peninsula on B Juno 4 captured nnd held two lines B or Turkish tronclioH along a front of B nearly threo miles. In Mesopotamia, B the British forcCB havo received from B tho Turks the tiurrcndur of Amara B nnd taken mora than 2,000 prlsonorB, fl I'd guns, a gunboat, barges and steam- B era. Tho pursuit or tho Turku, who B were dispersed into the marshes, con B B Ah In all trench warfare, which tlia B fighting on tho Gullpolt peninsula has B assumed, tho alllos found tholr gen B oral advance hindered through tho In B ability of part of their force to peno B trato tho wiro cntnngioinunts which B tho urtlllory II ro had not sufficiently B destroyed. This loft other sections of B tho forco open to an enfilading flro B nnd thcroforo part or tho ground gain- B ed had to bo given up. Somo also B -was lost when tho Turks counter- B attacked. B Two battles aro In progress in Ga- B llcia. The Russians have made con- H Blderablo advanco on tho lower reach B ob or tho San and havo driven tho H Austro-GernnuiH back to tho Long H river; whllo to tho southwest or Lorn B berg tho AuBtro-GormnnB aro ad- B vanclng, although tho Russians are B contesting every Inch or tho roads to B tho Qallcian capital, which is tho ob B Jectlvo of tho Teutonic allies. B Tho region north or ArrnB remains fl tho intoreBtlng point on the western B front. Hero the Fronch claim to huvo H gained tnoro ground, and according to V their report, havo ropulscd very vlo B lent German counterattacks. Tho B Germans, on tho other hand, assort B that tlioy havo repulsed French at B tacks. fl Tho first Important battle or tho B Italian campaign Is raging for pos B session or Tolomlno, where tho Ital B ians havo met with tho first serious B. opposition in their advanco across tho M Austrian frontlor. B Italian warshipB havo been busy B destroying cables and lighthouses in B tho Adriatic and havo' again bombard B ed Monfulcono. Thoro havo also been B somo naval activity In tho Baltic, Rub B elan and German squadrons oxchang- B ing shot in tho vicinity of tho gulf or H Riga. |