The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
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GERMAN WORKS WRECKED
SEVEN DAYS COMMANDMENT
Among the Troops Opposite British II
Has Been Found Were the prussian
Guard Division Which Fought at
Loos and Neuve chappelle.

London.-The grand offensive on
the western front began by the Brit
ish and French on both sides of the
has already resulted in a great wedge
being driven into the German lines
along 16-mile front, with its sharp
point penetrating nearly five miles.
AT 8 o'clock the British had pushed
from short distance east of Albert
as far as Montauban, more than five
miles away. and had repulsed a Ger.
man counter-attack on that village.
Both to the north and to the south
a number of other villages, including
Hebetrun, Serre, La Boisselle and Ma
metz, had been swept out of German
hands, some of them only after de-
termined resistance by their de-
tenders
Fricourt, three miles east of Albert.
was still in German possession in the
early evening, but with the capture of
Montauban and Mametz. to the east
and southeast of it, and La Boisselle.
to the northeast, the place was nearly
surrounded and its speedy surrender
seemed inevitable.
Further south the French are coop
Grating with the British and have
taken the village of Curlu and scored
other notable advances.
The entente allies drive was begun
against German trenches leveled af
ter seven-day bombardment, IN
which more than 100000 shots daily
had been fired.
Battle Grows More Intense.
The progress Of the battle has been
marked by steadily increasing inten-
sity of the fighting. North OF the
River Ancre it has been particularly
severe The enemy in several viii
lagos offered strenuous resistance,
but the galantry of the British troops
resulted in their gradually working
around various strong points.
With Fricourt now nearly surround
ed the British further north are on
both sides of the Gommecourt salient,
and the village of Mametz now is COM
pietely in their hands. A German
counter-attack on Montauban was sue
cessfully repulsed. The number of
prisoners 30 far taken in this region
is about l 500 The record naturally
is incomplete, and other prisoners are
being brought in. The operations are
being favored by fine wather.
The battle is characterized by the
British effort to surround villages
which the Germans have made
strong point OF resistance.
At o'clock the British were around
Gommecourt and BeaumontHamel,
and fighting at this time was COD
tinuing determinedly, the first stage
Of what promised to be long action
developing.
Among the troops opposite the Brit
,sb II has been found, were the Prus-
elan guard reserve division which
tonight at Loos and Neuve Chappeile.
MANY Prisoners Are Taken.
The British are fighting CALAMITY
and have taken many prisoners in the
front lines.
The French. advancing on the
british right. are moving with great
staadiness. After the assault they
very quickly covered distance of two
kilometers beyond the German front
line. Thus far the day has gone well
for France and England.
The British offensive was preceded
nv = bombardment of week, COM
nared with the bombardment OF 81
DAYS before the advance at Loos last
September. The shorter duration OF
the artillery preparation, however,
was more than made up for by It's
intensity. 49,
The terrible effect of the British
fire was described from day TO oay
by correspondents, all OF Whom
agreed that nothing to equal 1t had
occurred before on the British front.
The curtain of fire was SO effective
that the Germans were unable to send