| Show ALLIES ahins oil ENGLISH TAKE GERMAN ALONG FRONT OF EIGHT T MILES AFTER LONG FIGHT french troop are battering their way into while rusland Ru slane ne are advancing upon german stronghold at kovel london tho the capture of the whole hole a of the german gerr uan first system of defense on a front of 1100 yards 2 curly eight miles after ten days aud and a nights ight of continuous fighting is announced L a in the official report from british head quarters in craft 21 the number ot of prisoners riso ners taken exceeds the british front la is less than nine talles from la ponna and ith the french array anny to the south looking down on peronne from the high hi rh pla on the south bank of the somme both important strategic point are gravel gravely menaced the french troops of gentral foch spent tuesday in consolidating their gains and in bringing up the heavy guna guns by which they propose to batter their way into the french batteries directed by aft arms ot of aeroplanes aero planes which bare have practically aly driven the germane germans from the air are bathing the shattered city CA alty with steel and pounding the german defenses into duts I 4 the germane germans are counter attacking i furiously fl riou sly at many points on this front as well as against the lines held by the british they are trying deaper desper abely to retain their hold on he the mametz woods the tho larger art wrt of which was v rested from them by the troops of general haaff hai and are striking desperately pera tely at the british along the la peronne high road the russian armies are ad avancing on the german stronghold ai at kovel it waa was announced tuesday la in petrograd Petro grad bierce fighting continues on the west side of the river oa on both sides of the kovel korel railroad and the czar czarra ts troops are pressing the back toward valdimir west ot of lutzk according to russian report reports the retiring germans are bettin setting forest fires to cover their retreat tho the most serious ot of these are raging between the and coryn rivers aad and south ot of the sarny kovel railroad |
