Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-30
ALLIES START
ON OFFENSIVE
Bursts Into Flame All Along
The British Lines on
West
ALL ATTACKS ARE MET
Russians Driving Through Eastern
Galicia With Railroad Centre as
Their Objective

Paris, june 3O.-The newspaper
Echo de Paris declared today that
the Russians have captured the i'm.
portant Galician railway city of ko-
lomea. r
Petrograd, June 30. = The Ger
mans have begun a series OF sudden
violent attacks aginst General Kur-
opatl,in's entire front, from Riga,
through Jacobstadt, to Dvinisk. 1t
is believed Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg, is launching new often
sive in an effort to divert Russian
troops from the Galician and Volhy,
nian campaign.
Virtually the whole of Kuropat-
kin's front is under bombardment.
German raiding parties have been
harassing the Russian lines for 49,
hours.
Interest is divided between the
German operations in the north and
the Russian advance on kolomea, IN
southeastern Galicia.
Paris, June 30.-The German last
night shifted their attack back to
the west bank of the Meuse, and de-
livered several violent attacks, pre-
ceded by liquid fire, between Ava.
court and Hill 3O4, the war office
announced.
All these attacks were repulse6
the enemy suffering frlghtful loss,
es, but east of Hill 3O4, the Germans
carried the first line of fortified
work in which all the French oc-
cupants had been buried. The
French recaptured the work by /;
most brilliant cotnter-attack,
The Germans became active yes
terday along the Belgian front, but
German attack was repulsed. Near
Nieuport, French artillery, support
ing the Belgian lines, dispersed
three enemy reconnaissances.
London, June 3O-The "great often.
sive" burst into flame along the en-
tire British front yesterday.
The patrol skirmishes and trencl
raids have become engagements with
'"strong infantry detachments" ano
local artillery duels have grown int
vast and general bombardmen1
In all of these the British claim
the offensive was with them.
German trenches, the British wal
office announces, have been stormet
and raided on almost every mile O.
the British lines. The Germans have
met all attacks with unflinching cou-
rage and Germans and British, ir
many cases, gave up trench fighting
and met each other, bayonet to bay
onet, in the open.
Around Verdun the battle has no
| shown even a momentary waning
East and west of the Meuse ther
have been infantry assaults and thu
unending roar of artillery.
West of the river the Germans yes
terday afternoon attacked on the en-
tire sector of Hill No. 304 and, say
Paris, were repulsed. To the cas-
of the river there was general at
tack and counter attack on the Thiau
mont front, in which each side claim
ed the: victory.
In Champagne, the French brok
through the second German lines nea
the Butte of Tahure and north Of tn
Aisne there has been more slaughter
London, June 30-The Russian
claim a great victory in East Galici
and have resumed their tally of pr
soners. The Russians for some day
have been held in their northwest
.ern thrust from BukowHla into Gal
cia by desperately fighting Austrt
German army. Petrograd announce
the Russians have broken throug
!; and are well on their way to Aolomea
This is the greatest railroad june
tion for Eastern Galicia, and from
, the Austrians have been presse
/ southwark, three lines of trenche
, being taken.
; Vienna admits that the Russians b
, bringing up great masses of reserve
iwere able to pierce the Austrian frol