The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-07-04

LONDON@The grand offensive on
the western front began by the British
and French on both sides of the river
Somme, 60 miles north of Paris, early
Saturday morning, already has result
ed in a great wedge being driven into
the German lines along a 16-mile
front, with it's sharp point penetrat-
ing nearly five miles.
At o'clock Saturday night the Brit
ish had pushed from a short distance
east of Albert, as far as Montauban,
more than five miles away, and had
repulsed a German counter attack on
that village.
Both to the north and the south a
number of other villages, including
Hebuterne, Serre, La Boisselle and
Mammetz, had been swept out of Ger
man hands, some of them only after
determined resistance on the part of
their defenders.
Fricourt, three miles east of Albert,
was still in German possession in the
early evening, but with the capture of
Montauban and Mammetz to the east
and southeast of it, and La Bosselle to
the northeast, the place was nearly
surrounded, and its speedy surrender
seeemd inevitable.
French Cooperate.
Farther south the French are CO.
operating with the British and have
taken the village of Curlu and scored
other notable advances.
The entente allied drive was begun
against German trenches leveled after
a seven-day bombardment, in which
more than 100000 shots daily had
been fired.
The text of the British official dis
patch reads:
Heavy fighting continued all day
between the rivers Somme and An
cres, north of Ancre, to Gommercourt
inclusive. The fight on the whole Of
this front still continues with inten
sity.
"On the right of our attack we have
captured a German labyrinth o.
trenches on a front of seven miles tC
a depth of 1000 yards, and have storm
ed and occupied the strongly fortified
villages CT Montauban an Mambetz
"Struggle Still Severe"
"In the center of our attack, on
front of four miles, we have gained
many strong points, while at other
the enemy is still holding out, and tn
struggle on this front is still severe
North of the Ancre valley to Com
mercourt inclusive, the battle is aqual
1y violent, and in this area we hav
been unable to retain portions of tn
ground gained in our first attacks
while other portions remain in ou
possession.
"Up to the present more than 200
German prisoners have passed throug
our collecting stations, including tw
regimental commanders and the Who'll
of one regimental staff.
"The large number of enemy dea
on the battle field indicates that tn
German casualties have been sever
especially in the vicinity of Fricourt.
''In the Trentino the Italians cor
tinue to advance along the entire Pc
sina line and in the Arsa valley Al
tillery bombardments mark the actio
on the rest of the Austro- Italian from
"While the Russians report progres
south of the Dniester river, in Gal
cia, the Austro-Germans claim tn
capture of Russian works west an
northwest of Lutsk, especially in til
vicinity of Sokul, Volhynia.
Maintaining their drive against til
Austrians in Galicia, in the region
Kolomea, the Russians have capture
many villages.
In the Mountains.
Northwest of Kimbolung, Bukowin
the Russians already are in I'll
of several strong positions. ATTACH
of German troops in the region of tt
Lipa river were repulsed with heay
losses, Petrogard asserts.
The German troops under Genera