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Show GREAT BATTLE RAGING ALONG ; ENTIRE BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE New Drive Launched East of Albert and Important Tactical Successes Gamed in Several Sectors Germans Recap-l Recap-l hire Small Tract of Ground Lost British Capture Another Trench After Severe Fighting in Which I Enemy Suffers Heavy Casualties Lull on French Front After Tremendous ' Fighting Heavy Bombard- 5 ing Continues. r London, July 7, 1 :23 a. m. The Russians have begun 1 1 a tremendous offensive on the Riga front where their artillery , is destroying the German trenches, says a dispatch to the Ex- t change Telegraph company from Vienna via Copenhagen. " The bombardment, the dispatch adds, lasted 24 hours and k the Germans were helpless before the Russian artille' which ' can now fire fifty shells as against one in 1914. " London, July 7, 2:46 p. m. Capture by the British of a German trench on a front of 1 ,000 yards east of La Boiselle, in the Somme region, was announced officially today. i ? Petrograd, July 7, via London, 7 :30 p. m. Following up ) i their advance in the region of the lower Styr the Russians have I occupied two villages and a railway station. I I The official announcement of today says that the village of Komarow and Grad' and me railway station of Manevitchi are now in Russian hands. These three points are in the region to the west of Czar-torysk, Czar-torysk, where there has been violent fighting for several days, the Germans having thrown in, heavy,reinforcements to check the Russian advance toward the important strategic position of Kovel. The Manevitchi is 1 4 miles west of Czartorysk on the railway line between Sarnynd Kovel. Komarow and Grady are southwest of Czartorysk A German retirement in I this region was announced in Berlin today, J A German retreat all along the line of the Front in Russia fronf Riga to Volhynia is reported today. The I unofficial news to tliis effect comes from Petrograd through Rome. It declares de-clares that a triple defeat for the Ger , mans in the Riga, Kolki and Barano-h Barano-h vichi sectors caused them to begin a (? ..movement of their whole front west- warn a. ' A great" oauic-is raging along vir- t lually the entire from oc the British offensive in northern Franco. At day- I break the British launched a iyiw drive east of Albert. Important tactic successes were gained in several s t tors, London announces. The Germans r succeeded In occupying two or three hundred yards of ground lost in tne earlier British drives. . Meanwhile the French, both nprth and south of the Somme In the field I of the great allied offensive, are rest- I' Ing on the ground won in advances of ! U There Tfiull in infantry fighting about Vcrdui. but artillery actions aro still violent. f London, July 7. nvorTcer- British resumed the oKcnsh o on cer Contalmaison, as nmtL progress. Boiselle, the British made progr In the region of Tniepj t mans regained a section oi ground. The statement says: "This morning in cof " " -. i of the battlefield east of Albert w sumed a vigorous offensive a y h. The Germans at ftrenches ed heavy attacks on our new In the vicinity of the Ancre m of Fricourt ilVw ,n Sb along lent fighting is now In ; P"G Ancr0 the whole front between tne and Montauban. cftVeral lmport- "Up to the present sejeraM v ant tactical successes have been s ' ed by our infantry " lh JUla-Overillers, JUla-Overillers, La Boiselle J- j th ,- maison. but northwest oT Th enemy succeeded temPOul Qf gaining two or three hunarea I, lost ground." . Last Night's Fighting. The operations of last nt before f the resumption of the "nt arG 1 ported in the foregoing mem : described in an earlier ofnenu munlcation as follows. tj boin. "Last night the enemy f vnaffay barded our new Pos ons at ,lo and Montauban rymatory using in some PIacs Bojselle after Bbells. Eastward of J f lhe enemy severe fighting in Jh captured buffered heavy casualties , e j iqqq another trench on a eslab. k ards where we are nou H hshed. rrhipnval a doter- 1 -southwest of Tbiepja was W mined attack on om new completely cru,sU;lerv was parLicu- l ODposite PTulluch. Our artillerj' shelled the enemy's communication and-billets at various places. We successfully success-fully sprang two mines opposite Auchy and Ilulluch." Second Phase of Offensive. London, July 7, 11:55 a. m The, second phase of the great battle on the western front has now begun. The artillery has been brought up to new positions an dis again battering the German defenses. The bombardment extends as far northward as La Bas-see Bas-see and Armentieres and, according hfeai&esjt. unofficial advices, is par-ucr par-ucr iy intense. British long rango guns are shelling the German positions and the roads In thoir .rear. ,aj)d until the infantry again leaves the" trenches it will be uncerLaln where the next attacks are to be launched. In addition to inflicting losses on the Germans in men, munitions and territory, the Anglo-French offensive is reported to have compelled thorn to withdraw some of their forces from the Verdun fronL Consequently it Is expected in London that the army, which for nearly five months withstood with-stood the German attacks in that region, reg-ion, will have some relief from con-tinnal con-tinnal fighting. Russians Well Supplied. On the eastern front the Russians, who now apparently have a better supply of guns and. ammunition than their adversaries, seem to pass from one Phase to the next without intermission. inter-mission. General Letchitzky s army which conquered Bukowina and cut the railway between Delatyn and Kor-osmeso, Kor-osmeso, is advancing In an effort com-SlSllv com-SlSllv to overcome the Austrian forces for-ces on that front. General Kalcdlnes f, continuing to deliver heavy strokes aealns tie Austrlans and Germans who are endeavoring to keep him from Kovel With these operations in full swig! the Russians to the north have inaugurated an offensive from Riga n Baranovichi. Along the northern end of the "ne, from Riga to Dvlnsk. a freat bombardment has begun while from a point east of Vilna to Barano-i.K Barano-i.K artillery preparation was fol-yrf fol-yrf bv Infantry attacks In which SfnusataiS report they made many nHRoners repulsing German counter Stacks NeaV Smorgon, the Russians and Germans also are engaged In a SeireRruemarnlaeSAwaits A.Ned. Move Rumania, it is said here, is awaiting JnnvP bv the entente forces at some move s D iul interest Sf Zmes throughout the Can-ed Can-ed in the battles in b RuggInn CaSUv awhich a .advancing toward Srmi, has l fallen back some 80 miles Bafi nressure from great forces UImX were brought against it, but oisewhere ?rom the Black sea to the PeSim frontier", the Russians, accord-Persian accord-Persian statements, are more inS ,i din- their own. No news has vtUon receded recently from the Brit-uhJmy Brit-uhJmy in Mesopotamia but it Is ieHeved inactivity has been enforced by the great heat- Russians Make Big Haul. Petrograd, July 6f.via London,v9s30 p. m. The following official statement state-ment was issued -tonighUjy the-war office: "The number of prisoners we took on July 4 and 5 during the fighting which is still going on west of the line of the Styr and below the town of Kolki totals more than 300 officers and 7415 men, mostly unwounded. We also captured six guns, 23 machine guns, several thousand rifles, two searchlights, eleven bomb throwers and 73 ammunition lights. "We repulsed violent German attacks at-tacks near Gruziatyn. On the right bank of the Dniester in the region of Jidattcheff and Hotzizrz, there was desperate fighting. Germans Driven Back. "There was a lively artillery duel In many sectors of the front north of the Plnsk marshes. East of Baranovichi Barano-vichi the enemy launched several desperate des-perate counter-attacks which were repulsed re-pulsed Several times the enemy opened gusts of fire with his heavy and light guus against the region of the village of Labuzy, east of Barano-'vichl. Barano-'vichl. Under cover of this fire the enemy delivered two violent counterattacks. counter-attacks. We drove him back on both occasions, bringing to bear on him the fire of our artillery, machine guns and -rihes." ""V Paris War Report. Paris. July.. 7, 11:45 a. m. Quiet prevailed pre-vailed last nigl.t on both sides of the Somme, says today's war office statement. state-ment. The artillery of both sides was active ac-tive on the left and right banks of the Meuse, especially on the Thlaumont earthworks and in the Fleury and Chenois sections. A small German attack on the French trenches at the Le Pretre woods failed. German aeroplanes yesterday dropped drop-ped bombs on tho open town of Leure, killing eleven persons all of whom, except ex-cept one, were women or children. Two German machines were brought down near (Mezleres. French Official Statement. The statement says: "The night passed quietly on both sides of the Somme. "On the left bank of the Mouse there was an Intermittent bombardment bombard-ment while on the right bank the artillery ar-tillery fighting became violent In the vicinity of the Thlaumont work and In the sectors of Floury and Chenois. At Le Pretre wood tho enemy yesterday yester-day delivered a small attack upon one of our trenches, but were driven out of the position where they succeeded In gaining lodgment. In this same sector a surprise attack by us was In all respects successful along a front of 200 yards. Our grenade throwers cleaned out the trench of the enemy and we brought back some prisoners. German Throw Bombs. "German aeroplanes yesterday threw several bombs on the open town of Leure. Eleven persons were killed and three were wounded. With the ex-cptiou ex-cptiou of one soldier, all the victims were either women or children. This was an act of reprisal for our aerial activity of July G, .when one of our air squadrons threw down with success forty bombs from the railway Junction at Hem to tho west of Charleville. On the return trip from this point there were a number of engagements with German machines In which our escorting escort-ing neroplanes took part. Two German machines were brought down, one near Mezleres and the other in the region of Leffincourt." (Continued on Page 3) ' oo GREAT BATTLE NOWRAGING (Continued from Pago 1) Berlin, July 7, by wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. The Austro-Hungarian war office of-fice statement of July 3 says: "The fighting in the vicinity of Kolomea was extended A strong hostile hos-tile advance west of tho town was checked by a counter attack. Southeast South-east of Tlumach, German and Austro-Hungarian Austro-Hungarian troops broke up an attack by Russian cavalry. "South of Lutsk tho attack of the Teutonic allies gained further ground, Violent Russian advances west and northwest of Lutsk wero repulsed. "Northeast of Baranovichi German and Austro-Hungarian troops repulsed strong atacks for which preparation was made with violent artillery fire These engagements have not been ended. Italian Troops Repulsed. "Italian front: There was great activity ac-tivity on the part of tho enemy's cannon and mine throwers against tho Doberdo heights, particularly south of Mnto Deiseldusl. In the Marmolata district and between tho Brenta and tho Adlgo several attacks of the enemy wero repulsd. "In the vicinity of Monto Interrero, Lieutenant Kaiser with a patrol of six men from the Twenty-sixth Austro-Hungarian Austro-Hungarian territorial leglmont, returned return-ed from a successful enterprise against hostile machine guns of the enemy with 2G6 captured Italians, among whom were four officers. In other places yesterday fourteen officers offi-cers and 366 men were captured." Germane Holding Ground. Berlin, July 7, via London, 5:12 p. m. The result of heavy engagements that wero in progress all last night both north and south of the river Sommo was not unfavorable to the Germans, tho war office announced today. Tho official statement regarding operations on the western front says: "On both sides of the Somme lively engagements continued throughout tho night not unfavorably for us. South of Contalmaison, Hem and Es-tres Es-tres witnessed the most severe fighting. fight-ing. , ,, , "East of tho Mouse French attacks delivered on a wide front against our positions on the Froido Terre ridge and in the woods southwest of Fort Vaux failod with considerable losses to the enemy. "On the remainder of the front there were many nocturnal patrol engagements. en-gagements. Aerial Battles. "Southwest of Valenciennes wo captured cap-tured a French aeroplane. Near Pe-ronno Pe-ronno and southwest of Rouzlere enemy ene-my aeroplanes were forced to land in an aerial hattle. "As the result of aerial battles during dur-ing Juno the German losses in such batles were two aeroplanes; shot down from earth, one aeroplane; missing, miss-ing, four aeroplanes, total seven aeroplanes. aero-planes. , , , , . , "The French and British lost In aerial battles twenty-three aeroplanes; shot down from earth ten aeroplanes: in voluntary landings within our lines, threo aeroplanes, landings for dropping spies, tenf aeroplanes, total 23 aeroplanes, 22 of whch aro In our possession." Russians Abandon Salient. Berlin, July 7. via Lonflon, 5:10 p. .mA salient of tho German line in Volhynia projecting tovjards Czar- torysk has been abandoned under superior su-perior pressure by the Russians and u new line of defense selected, It was announced today by the war office. British Steamer Sun. London, July, 1:10 a. m. The British Brit-ish steamship Gannet of London has ben sunk. She was unarmed. The Gannet was 45 feet long, 1,112 tons gross and was built at Stockton in 1879. American Ambulance Wrecked. Paris, July 7, 12:22 p. m. A six-inch shell which burst near the Richard Norton section of the American Automobile Auto-mobile ambulance on the Verdun front wrecked one of the ambulance cars and fragments of the shell struck and slightly wounded Harry Howard Holllngshead of Sparta, N. J., and Ja- cob "Wendell of New York. British Steamer Seized. Berlin, July 7. Via London, 3:03 1 p ni. "The British steamship Lestris ' from Liverpool has been held up by " a portion of the German high sea' : forces not far from the English coast I and seized as a prize." ; 1 The -wording of the German state- ment indicates that a part, at least, 1 of the German high sea fleet was near the English coast at the time the ! Lestris was. seized. ,,,.. 1 The Lestris Is a steamship of 1,3m 1 tons gross, owned in Cork. no |