Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-29
Improve Positions.

aplished.
Improve Positions.
Both the British and French have
greatly improved their positions and
by gaining the hills and crests from
which they can dominate the German
lines of communication, their next at
tempt to secure a decisive victory
should be made easier to carry out, in
the view Of experts here.
Details from unofficial sources of
the heavy bombardment that preceded
the Allied attacks Saturday describes
the German lines as smothered in the
dust under the hail of shells, their
parapets melted away and the barbed
wire entaglcments disappeared, SO
thunderUus was the onslaught that
persons 80 or 40 miles distant were
awakened from their sleep. When the
French ceased the shelling Of the
trenches in Champagne and charged
the German trenches, they found te
Germans stupified ~ the effects of
the artillery fire, .guanery being mixed
up with infantrymen and all huddled
around the field pieces.
The French continue to push for
ward east OF Souchez, while the Brit
ish to the north are making secure
their hold on the Lens la Basse road,
and are beating off German counter
attacks. S
Reports Conflict.
As usual, there is great diversion
between the German and French off,
oin al fc ~ tho 1,of+ Tho
mans claim that all the French at
tacks have been repulsed, and that a
number of prisoners have been cap.
tured.
There has been no abatement of
the heavy fighting on the Russian
front. From Riga to Galicia the
armies are contesting every inch of
the ground and at least four separate
battles are in progress.
Threaten Bulgaria.
Sir Edward Grey, the British for
eign secretary in the House of Com.
mons today made {, statement con-
cerning the Balkan situation, which
should tend to clear the atmosphere.
While saying that Bulgaria has as
sured the powers that she has no ag-
gressive intention against the neigh
boring states, Sir Edward took occa-
sion to warn that country that any
aggression would bring to the assist
ance of any friend of the Allies at
tackled, the whole power of the Brit
ish empire
italian Boat Blows Up.
A dispatch to the havais Agency
from Brindisi says:
"A fire which was followed by an
explosion has occurred on board the
Italian battleship, Benetto Brint.
Eight officers and 379 marines have
been saved thus far.
"Rear Admiral de Cervin is among
the dead
"The fire was accidental"
The battleship, Be2etto Brint, was
a vessel Of 13,427 tons, and in peace
time carried complement of 720
men. She was completed in 1904 at
a cost Of $5,750,000.
Rear Admiral de Cervin was in
command of the vessel.
Make Further Gains.
The French troops fighting on the
western front have made further
gains of ground east of Souchez and
north of ,Massiges, the prisoners TAX
en- including Germans recently
brought bck from the Russian front,
according to the official communi a.
ton issued by the French war office
tonight.
A heavy artillery action is in prog
ress in the Argonne.
Take Strong Lines.
An official communication just
made public, dealing with the opera
tions in France, Tuesday says that in
the heavy fighting around Loss, the
British have taken exceptionally
strong German lines of trenches and
bomb proof shelters several hundreds
of yards in extent.
Having taken the German second
line, the statement says, the British
are now after the third line of trench
eS.
In all, more than three thousand
prisoners have been taken and 81
guns and 40 machine guns have been
captured and others destroyed.
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