Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-07
GAINS AT OTHER POINTS
ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY
Second Phase Of Great Battle On
Western Front Begins. With
Heavy Bombardment.
RESULTS PLEASING TO FRENCH
Defensive Fighting Gives satisfac-
ton, as It Shows Allies Are Able
to Hold Positions When
They Are Won.

LONDON, July 7, e:4o PM
Capture by the British of Ger
man trench on a front of 1000
yards east of La Boisselle, in the
Somme region, was announced
officially today.
The British resumed the Of
fensive on certain sectors east Of
Albert at dawn today.
At the same time the Germans
launched heavy attacks on the
British trenches near Ancre.
Violent fighting is now in
progress.
In the vicinity of Ovillers and
Contalmaison, as we'll as near
La Boisselle, the British made
progress. In the region OF
Thiepval the Germans regained
section of lost ground.
Second Phase of Battle Begun.
The second phase Of the great battle on
the western front has now begun Tho
artillery has been brought up to new posi-
tions and is again battering the German
defenses. The bombardment extends az
far northward as La Bassee and Armen-
tieres and. according to the latest unof-
fetal advices is particularly intense.
British long-range guns are shelling tho
German positions and the roads in their
rear, and, until the infantry again leaves
the trenches, it will be uncertain where
the next attacks are to be launched.
In addition to infiicting losses on the
Germans in men, guns and territory. tns
Anglo-French offensive is reported TO
have compelled them to withdraw some
of their forces from the Verdun front.
Consequently, it is expected in LONDON
that the army army for nearly nve montns
withstood the German attacks in that
region will have some relief from con-
tinual fighting.
Brussiloff Method Put to Test.
PARIS, July I. 1910 a.m.-The solid
ity of the French conquest in Picardy
at last has been put to the test, ana
men here say it has come out
of the ordeal with flying colors. thus
again demonstrating the soundness Of
the Brussiioff method.
The Germans. who managed to gather
considerable forces. partly. apparently.
from the British front, where the pres
sure was lessened during the day. and
partly from depots, delivered a series Of
violent attacks on two points. The
..ek hat q N
Maricourt, on the C1ery road. The sec
ond was on the extreme right between
Estrees and Belloy, their object being
to drive a wedge between the French
center and right, where the French line
crosses the Somme river. from Hem to
Feuilleres. and between the extreme
right and the rest of the French front.
The success of these maneuvers
would have forced the eventual retire.
ment of the whole French line. The
German reaction, however, came too
late.
Caught in Whirlwind of Fire.
The French had time thoroughly to
strengthen their line to advance and
place in position heavy artillery and to
bring up plentiful stocks of munitions.
the attacking wave was
caught in a whirlwind of machine gun
fire from the trenches and was shot to
pieces by the seventy while the
German supports following and. re-
serves far in the rear were shattered
oy salvos from medium and heavy
batteries.
The German infantry piodded forward
again and again, but nowhere French
-eports say. made any impression upon
he French lines.
Rarely even did they get to grips
with the occupants of the trenches.
which accounts for the small number
If prisoners taken. The Germans. say
he reports. had striven the whole day
without effecting the slightest modifi-
"a tion of the situation.
The French remain two and a half
niles from Peronne on the south side
,f the Somme and four miles from that
.ity on the north side of the river, and
here are no formidable natural OBJ
tacles in the way of their occupa ton
# the city when the French commander
Judges that the time is ripe to do SO.
Able to Hold Positions.
Yesterdays defensive fighting has
,iven almost as much satisfaction to
he French as the previous days cap
ures. for, they say. it has clearly
hown that the entente allies not only
re able to win positions from the Ger
mans wherever they like. but also are
bic to hold those positions when won
The first German counter attack was
aunched in the night in the Hem sec
ion, north of the canalized Somme
liver. The Germans succeeded in car
ying two small woods situated south
the Clery- -Mericourt road, few
undred yards from the sugar works
that road.
The French troops there. being more
r ess in the air, fell back on the viii
laff vvtn
lightly, captured another small wood
the northeastern end of the village
lose to the Hem brick field and along
he edge of the road from Clery to
lem and Curlu. This was the only
hangs in the situation throughout tie