The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-18
BRITISH PREPARE
FOR new ATTACK
|Rsiaks Lost Ground From
Gsrmans.
clRPATHIlH GATEWAY TAKEN

apssisn Drive csptuss Jsblonit...
Gateway 70 tbs I1unps,Isa PIsins-
italian Tooops Only Thirissa MILES
Prom TrIsst. According 70 Rsports.
London. Aag. 1.-THE aIissd artfl-
NY developed . tsrrihs Gre along
practically ne shoIC k5ni IN PIoardy.
apparently IN preparation for = great
|psu attack. The 0srmAa guns are
Fssponding vigorously % The bonn
parfment Il - announced. and the
nghtfng which for days hes bssa IN
he bands q the Infantry. Has do
vslcped into . hesvy artflISy aetion.
The hOvftssrs took ~ thsir can
nonads - n essty boo, following .
y1DisBt night bsttle IN whten tbs Brit.
N ~ mined ne srsafex part Of The
Branches bsswrsa TldepvaI and Po1i.
ere Lost iE the German counfsr Of
fsnriye a. Monday. NOD only was
practically an ths lOst ETo1nd con
eusrs6. but General Hays troops suo
eeedsd IN one place in pressinS ahead
~ far - the MopqHsf farm. vsll be-
bind the main front o. attack. and
capturing some prisoners.
The EnEiish are engaged In q oom.
prehsDsive regToupinE OF their forces
IN Pieardy IN preparations for the new
attack ne veteran Canadian forces.
four divisions strong have been
troBgbt nom Tpres TO The sonms
front where thsy have taken their
piaes beside tho Australian. New Tea
landers. Indians. irish and terTiioriHls.
Who 20 far. have borne The bTunt o.
the Bkhting
The visit o. King George 10 the
trenches has eheeTeA and qzickcued
chs spirits OF the men. vho are anxi
Gus 70 again assume the Offensive in
strength
Descrfbing the situation on the
front the report from British head
quarters in France says:
There hAVs besa the usual artii.
lery bOmh4rdmenis A. various places
On the British front The situation il |
nnehanKed and thsTe are no impor |
tAnt incsdenfs 20 report
A semiohciai ezpianasfon is re-
crfved from Paris q the comparative
siowness o. operations on the western l
'front.' a. compared With those OF the
Russians IN the east II was pointed
ouf In this d5oumsnt tbst conditions
a the tpo areas azs entirely diferent
both ~ 70 ground and poistseal con.
tiderEiiona he German front N
YSnnoe ani belgium, n n shown. 10
'nnnitsly Stronger fortified than tia;
1hich ths Russians are facing. vhns
m The west also NJ snteass armIes.
~ nature q tbs Tsusonie positions.
Ar prohihsted from employing thrsr
rinGs.
RnsSians. Ascending 70 the Petro-
Ernd war ofee. hsyp uAksu Jablonitza,
1ne o. the most important GziswRTs
Ihrough the CArpAfhIans 10 TIE Hun
Inrian plains. and hare captured
.lnriy 800 shdifsonaI p-tsonrs.
Acoording 70 the RstroCrAd state
INT the Russian troops are con,ias.
|ng 20 cross the Zl0ta 1pa under
Inemy ire. vhich AZ mAny points
hampers the construction O bridges
Heavy arriIleyy and machine gun Are
> being directed az the Russian works
y THIS See,or ne Russians claim TO
ave taken tl7 rsen-
The ahvancs RsArd o. the raliar
|roops moving southeast from Gorilla
b within thirteen miles Of Trfest. -
,ordtng 20 a telegram from Buchs.
,sfiserland This same report SAYS
NJ the Austrian feet stationed AZ
NJ important Austrian port has lef
|of an unknown destination.
ne italian war once says that the
I1strians have suffered further re
|1fnes on the Caro- plateau and 10
a. east Of GoriIiA Counter stacks
~ Ne Austrians have been unsucoess-