Show COLONIALS HOLO GAINS ALONG LINE australians HAVE ADVANTAGE IN DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH GERMANS caught B between e tween two forces advancing advance are arc compelled to sur render another wave of german resistance on russian front london under a merciless concentration of shell fire the australians held on to their gains sunday after their advance saturday night on a front of two miles the germans already had delivered three powerful counter attacks to retake the lost ground and all failed in one of the counter attacks the germans came forward holding UP their hands behind them the Bri british guns had placed curtains of shell fire through which it was impossible for them to retreat while the australians machine guns and rifles mowing them down made it hopeless to continue the charge it was death whichever way they moved death it if they stood still or laid down in the bullet swept space and they surrendered rather than continue their vain effort air their last previous attack having been by the right flank the british renewed the offensive by the left flank after a week of bombing and sapping here the task tell fell to the australians who added another victory to their brilliant record in the taking of po in grilling heat under a blazing sun they had been working in a continual shell fire digging their new trenches in the open beyond Po pozieres Poz leres facing the german second line trenches on the loft left of the break the british had already made in their previous attacks since the loss of brody by the aus arla ns and the successful operations of the russians against the germans which resulted in their gaining t the h 0 who whole of the line along the and the capture of several fortified villages considerably west of this river on the direct route to kovel the situation on the russian general brus si sil lotts offs front has remained virtually unaltered the russians by no means have lost control of the initiative but another wave of most energetic german resistance si has set in and the newly organized german army which is composed of all available reserves and fresh recruits has undertaken the task of ch changing ansing Us its tactics from passive resistance to a most active counteroffensive counter offensive field Al marshal arshal von van Hinden burgs personal direction of the operations in this field is quite apparent but it Is not thought possible by the russian observers that he can more than temporarily check the advance of the russian forces upon kovel |