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Show NEARING PERONNE i ON WESHRONT French Are Forcing the Germans Ger-mans in Direction of Railroad Rail-road Center. London, July 5, 10:17 p m. The French continue to make more progress prog-ress than the British on the western front, owing partly to the more difficult diffi-cult ground .facing the British and also to the fact that stronger forces are opposing them because of the belief be-lief among the Germans that the main attack in tho present operations will be on the British front. But, despite their slower progress, the British are successfully beating back heavy German counter-attacks, which have been delivered both day and night in the regions of La Bols-selle Bols-selle and Thlepoval, and generally, between the Ancre and the Somme. where they are making steady progress. prog-ress. Peronne Menace. According to aerial observations on the French front In the direction of Peronne, there aro now only three more trench systems between tho French and the open country, and If a break can bo made in the German lines here it would bo extremely serious seri-ous for the Germans, who are "doubtless "doubt-less hurrying up reinforcements to make secure the threatened point. The Germans are sending reinforcements reinforce-ments to the battlefield from as far as Verdun and Lens, and it is thought that the continued heavy German attacks at-tacks on the Meuse may be intended to conceal Important transfer of troops behind the German lines. A report from Holland Indicates that the Germans have prepared a counter-offensive between the Belgian Bel-gian frontier and Arras, where, It Is rumored, a favorable concentration ot artillery Is being made. The operations on the Russian front show not the slightest diminution In their intensity. Both Russian and German official communications testify testi-fy to the desperate nature of tho battles. bat-tles. Tho Germans are offering stubborn stub-born resistance to the Russian offensive offen-sive in the Baranovichi region, but on the hole the Russians appear to ' have the advantage here and also In the Lutsk region. Russ Crecked By Ottoman. In the Caucasus, however, the Turks seem to have been more sue cessful In holding up the Russian advance. ad-vance. According to a report from Constantinople, by way of Vienna, tho Turks have driven the Russians out of Kerraanshah. The Italians aro keeping up their strong fighting, and altogether the view of the whole military field con tinues promising from the standpoint of the entente allies. Meanwhile the political field has almost al-most as absorbing an interest. The Rumanian government Is said to be greatly Impressed by the recent military mili-tary successes of the entente allies, and today's nows is that the two opposing op-posing political parties in Rumania have already joined forces in favor of a pro-entente policy. Hopes, therefore, there-fore, are revived here that Rumania will soon be found in active co-operation with tho allies There is reason to believe that, although al-though tho British government and its allies disavow any real change in policy as a result of the abandonment of the declaration of London, steps have been taken In the neutral countries coun-tries of Europe which will have the effect of Increasing the economic pressure on Germany. oo |
