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Show in Candidacy for Governor I ! Italians Capture Gorizia Bridge j I And Take 8,000 Prisoners, i 9 hebce norafl ramooN Advantage at Verdun for Time Being Rests With Germans; I Allies Gain on the Somme Heavy Losses Inflicted on I Germans Italians Pushing Ahead and Russians ; Continue Advances Against Central Powers. London, Aug. 8,8:08 p. m. Prisoners are still surrender- ing by the thousands as a result of the Italian operations, says a Central News dispatch from Rome. More than 1 0,000 prisoners pris-oners have been captured in two days, the dispatch adds. Rome, Aug. 8, via London, 7:45 p. m. The war office today announced the capture of the Gorizia bridgehead by the Italians. It is said the city is being shelled to drive out the Aus-trians. Aus-trians. More than 8,000 prisoners were taken on August 6. i The Gorizia bridgehead was one of the most important defensive posi-; posi-; Hons of the Austrians along the Ison-j Ison-j zo front. It was the scene of heavy fighting in the early months of the i war when the Italians after making considerable advances were finally ! held up along the Isonzo line. 1 Gorizia is 22 miles northwest of Triest,--one-'of the principal -objectives at the Italian campaign and regarded ;- as the key to that position. One of the first acts of the Italians j after the war began was to throw a strong force of infantry and cavalry across the Austro-Hungarian frontier V and occupy a Btretch of territory ? along the Isonzo. They captured sev- eral towns but the Austrian positions, i naturally strong, had been heavily fortified and progress was slow. The fighting along the Isonzo continued 'j. until December. Since that time there has been only sporadic activity on this front until within the last few days. On Friday of last week the Italians opened a new attack, and although ) the authorities at Rome have permitted permit-ted but few details to become known, it has bee nintimated that an important import-ant campaign was being launched. The first notable results were obtained ob-tained Sunday when Italian troops made considerable progress in the Monfalcone sector. Gorizia is the principal city of the Isonzo valley, with a population of about 30,000. Both at Verdun and on the Somme front in northern France the opposing oppos-ing armies are engaged in almost continuous fighting. The advantage ,: at Verdun seems for the time being i! to rest witbf the Germans, while along , the Somme the entento forces appear the decided gainers. Paris today repoi-ts the success of an operation conducted in conjunc ! tlon with the British north of the Somme. While General Haig's forces we're attacking at Guillemont the French advanced eaBt of Hill 1JJ, I north of Hardecourt. "East of Trones wood the thrust b ; the British carried their lines for ward at some places during the night "Nearer the river, French troops repelled two attempts by the Germans Ger-mans to recapture trenches which tn( ( 'French took yesterday, v At Verdun the Fleuryrhiaumont m sector northeast of the fortress con t tinues the scene of strong attack! 1( early today and the Germans succeed ed in again gaining a footing in tin Thiauraont work, which has changci hands several times during the recen battling. Elsewhere the Germans were repulsed with heavy losses, Paris- announces. The offensive opened by the Ital- lans along the Isonzo, where Gorizia ' is their objective is attracting re- J newed attention to this field of war. 1 Several lines of entrenchments were carried by the Italians in their initial assaults, which also gained them 3600 prisoners, and Vienna admits that the lost ground has been only partly recovered. Latest reports from Rome credit General Cadorna'B troops with ; the capture of a number of additional' ' positions. ( ' i Petrograd, Aug. S, via London, 4:27 ( p. m. South of the Dnelster river In j , the direction of Tyszienca, the Rus-(. sians have driven the Austro-German i forces back along the whole line for i , a breadth of fifteen miles, it was of- ; ficially announced by the Russian war department today. The announcement adds that the Russians have captured the town of Tlumach as well as the region to the east of the Dneister river and the ridge of heights there. The total number of prisoners taken tak-en by the Russians in the battles on the Sereth river, August 5 and August Au-gust G, the official statement adds, was 16G officers and S.415 men. The Russians in this region are advancing. advanc-ing. Russian "cavalry, It Is stated, Is now pursuing the Austro-Germans southwest south-west of the Kolomea and Stanislau railway in Gallcia. Tho text of the statement says: "On the river Sereth our troops are advancing successfully and fortify-; fortify-; ing themselves In captured positions. ; The total number of prisoners taken in these battles from the fifth to the sixth of August amounts tQ 1GG of- ! fleers and S.415 men. Four cannon, 19 machine guns, 11 trench mortars, i a large number of mine throwers and i much other war material was cap- tured. "On tho line of the river Stokhod, in the region of the town of Stoby-' Stoby-' 1 chov, a party of Austrians left their - defenses during the night and came - forward with uplifted hands toward 3 the positions occupied by one of our - regiments. The battalion commander, 3 Colonel Stepanenko, as he approached the Austrians, was treacherously killed . by them. Our riflemen killed the - whole party of Austrians. s "South of the Dniester our troops, taking the offensive on a front of e about 25 versts (15 miles) in the di-:1 di-:1 rection of Tyszienca, broke into the t enemy's trenches and engaged the enemy during the pursuit. Owing to the irresistible onslaughts of our brave troops, the enemy was driven back along the whole line and we captured the town of Tlumach, including includ-ing the region east of the Dneister and a ridge of heights. "South of the Kolomea-Stanislau railway our attack was preceded by artillery fire and tho discharge of chemical gas shells on the enemy's batteries. The enemy's artillery, owing to our gas, ceased firing and abandoned their arms. Our "cavalry pursued the enemy, who fled in disorder. dis-order. One of our gallant divisions took 2,000 German prisoners during thsee engagements and captured several sev-eral heavy caliber guns and manyj machine guns. Prisoners continue to' arrive in large parties. Their total! number is not yet known. "In this way the gallant troops of General Letchitzky again attained an' important success." Central Powers Withdrew. Berlin, Aug. S, via London, 4:15 p. m. Strong Russian forces yesterday advanced against the Austro-German' positions on the Tlumach-Ottynia line to tho south of Dneister river In Gallcia, Gall-cia, it is announced by the German army headquarters staff today! and the forces of the central powers with-grew with-grew to previously prepared positions. posi-tions. I The communication follows: "Eastern front: Front of Field Marshal von Hindenburg: Artillery activity was more lively yesterday in Lhe Sereth sector and south of it. Enemy attacks at some points were repulsed. Near Zaresze on the Stok-! liod, repeated efforts by the Russians to gain ground were without success' and the enemy-suffered heavy losses.! ' West of Lutsk renewed battles have'1 been In progress since early this!1 morning. Northwest of Zalocze "enemy 1 attacks failed. South of Zalocze the! Russians' advance has been stopped by a counter attack by our troops, co- 1 operating with those under General Count von Bothmer. During this operation op-eration nine officers and more than ' 700 men were taken prisoner and five ; machine guns captured. "Front of Archduke Francis: South of Dneister strong Russian forces advanced to the attacks against the Tlumach-Ottynia line. The allied (Teutonic) troops withdrew to previously previ-ously prepared positions further back. "In tho Carpathians advantages gained on both sides of the Bialy-Cheremoch Bialy-Cheremoch valley have been extended. ex-tended. French Troops Advancing. Paris, Aug. 8. Noon. French troops made an advance last night east of Hill No. 139 on the Somme front. Two attempts of the Germans to recapture trenches east of Mona-cu Mona-cu farm were defeated. The Germans early this morning launched a series of powerful attacks on French positions from the village; of Floury to a point north of Thlau-j mont work. They obtained a footing i in Thiaumont work where fighting is still in progress. The attacks on Fleury were checked. The French attack north of the Somme was made by infantry operating operat-ing cn the right of the British in the course of an attack made by the British Brit-ish on Guillemont. The French took forty prisoners. The announcement follows: "North of the Somme our Infantry operating on the right of the British in (he course rff an attack by our allies al-lies on Guillemont made an advance east of Hill 139, north of Hardecourt arid took forty prisoners. "East of Mouacu farm the Germans made two attempts this morning to recapture by our Infantry fire. The enemy was compelled to fall back, leaving a number of dead before our lines. Tho number of unwounded prisoners taken yesterday in this region re-gion is 230 of whom two are officers. Furious Fight on the Meuse. "On the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun front) the bombardment was resumed during tho night with extreme ex-treme violence on the Thiaumont Fleury front. At about 5 o'clock this morning the Germans delivered a series se-ries of powerful attacks with heavy forces against our positions from the lillago of Fleury to a point north of Thiaumont work, accompanied by a curtain of fire. All the attacks were checked along the Fleury rond and in the village by the fire of our machine guns, which caused largo losses to the enemy. The Germans succeeded in gaining a footing in the Thiaumont work after a desperate encounter which is still continuing at this hour. "In the Vosges, detachments of the enemy which attempted to approach our trenches near Senoues were dispersed dis-persed easily by our fire." British Push Forward. London, Aug. 8, 3:15 p. m. The British pushed forwnrd their lines at places east of Trones wood on the Somme front last night, the war office of-fice aunounced today. The statement follows: "The enemy, after his five fruitless attempts yesterday north and east of I.PoziereB- has not made any. fresbj in- y ABBOT R. HEYWOOD, Temporary CVai'rman;:v; antry attacks "but is maintaining a ieaYy artillery bombardment on this ronl and on other portions of the attlo area. "Last night our troops pushed for vard in places east of Trones wood inrt fighting on the outskirts of Guil-emont, Guil-emont, (near the station, is proceed-ug. proceed-ug. In the eastern portion of this lalient the enemy attempted a bomb ittack on our lines but was driven ack without difficulty. Troops Enter German Lines. "North of Roclincourt two of our jartlea successfully entered the Ger-nan Ger-nan lines" and blew up some dugouts. "An enemy squadron of ten aero-)lanee aero-)lanee endeavored to cross our lines resterday on a bombing expedition, rhey were cut off by one of our of-enslvo of-enslvo patrols of four machines. The ?nemy's machines scattered, returning irecipilately pursued by our patrols, rwo of the hostile aeroplanes had to nake forced descents behind their jwn lines." Attack on Caucasus Front. London, Aug. S, 2 p. m. The Russians Rus-sians have renewed their attacks on the Caucasus front, west of Brzingan. An official Turkish statement received here today, dated August 5, says the Russians gained a footing in the Turkish lines, but. were driven out after heavy fghting. Parliament Is Prolonged. London, Aug. 8, 4.05 p. m. The expected ex-pected bill prolonging the life of the present parliament on account of the war, will be introduced in the liousc of commons by Premier Asquith on Monday. No Americans on Liner. Washington, Aug. 7 American consuls in Italy having advised the state department that no Americans were aboard the Italian mall liner Lhtimbro, chased and sunk by a submarine sub-marine in the Mediterranean, officials offi-cials said today that no further investigation in-vestigation would be made. So far as, this government is concerned, it was stated, the incident is closed. British Steamer Sunk. London, Aug. S, 4:06 p. m. The British steamship Trident of 3,129 tons gross, is believed to have been sunk, according to an announcement made today at Lloyd's Shipping agency. The Trident was 325 feet long, 45 feet beam and 23 feet deep. She was built at Stockton In 1902, New Castle was her homo port. |