Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-17
SOMME ADVANCE
OF BR|TONS FREE .
Of old BLUNDERS
Present Offensive Against Gers
mans Unmarked by Mistakes Il
Turning Other Campaigns
Into Tragedies. Y
EVERYTHING WORKS OUT
English Are Holding All Ground
Gained and Are Continuing
to Forge Ahead. I.
TWO THOUSAND TAKEN
EVERYTHING WORKS OUT
TWO THOUSAND TAKEN
BULLETIN.

Berlin, July l6.-(Via London.)->
-Four British attacks In the region Of
Ovillers and Bazentin Lepetit, north
OF the river Somme, broke down yes.
terday afternoon In front Of the Ger.
man lines, says the German official
statement issued today. South Of the
Somme, German troops occupied
portion Of the Village Of Biaches, the
statement adds, and French attacks
near Barleux and in the region Of
Estrecs. were repulsed with heavy
losses t the attackers. The French
entered the German first lines south.
west of Thiaumont work, wehere
fighting continues.
London, July 16.-With tie excep.
ton OF heavy bombardment there
were no events of importance on the
Somme battlefront since the last re-
port, says the British official state.
ment issued this evening. Five heavy
Howitzers and four 77-milimetre guns
were captured by the British yes
terday.
London, July l6.-The British
forces have held all the ground gained
in Fridays advance and taken two
or three more small sectors OF
trenches in the German second line.
This is the gist OF Saturdays news
from the front in France.
Two thousand prisoners were cap.
tured in the last advance and at one
point the British are four miles be.
You'd the German first line, which
they crossed thirteen days ago. In all
10000 prisoners and quantities of war
material have falien into British
hands. .-
All tidings from the front from cor
respondents and wounded agree that
the British plans have been well
worked out and executed. There arc
no reports OF failure OF the reserves
to arrive, which turned the battle at
Loos from victory into costly stale
mate, or. Of similar incidents, nor Of
strategic errors or a shortage Of sup
plies, which changed the Mesopotarn.
ian and Gallipoli campaigns into
tragedies.
Rests on Workingmen.
General Sir Douglas Haig and his
fellow Scotchman, Sir William Rob-
ertson, chief of the imperial staff, as
fighting and planning leaders, backed
by the bureau of munitions, appear to
be a strong combination, while the
entire organization and the fghtingt
qualities of the new army, pitted
against the Oldest and most highly
organized modern military machine
in the world, have been exceeding the
nations anticipations. Upon the work.
ingmen of Great Britain rests the ulti.
mate burden of the war, for all public
speakers and newspapers lay stress
on the need Of an unlimited supply OF
ammunition. -
The cost in life Of the British at.
tack cannot yet be estimated. Tho
officers casualty list issued tonight
names ll3 killed, nineteen died OF
wounds, l56 wounded, eighteen miss
ing and believed killed and fifty-one
wounded and missing. Three-fourths
of the officers listed are second
lieutenants and their average age is
% years. 49,.
Russ Repulse Germans.
On the Russian front, the most in.
tense fighting is taking place near
Baranovichi, while the situation on
the Stokhod river remains unchanged.
The village of Skorbowa has been the
scene of desperate encounters, both
Petrograd and Berlin announce. The
Russian war office details the rcpulse
OF three German attacks.
The Russian war office details the
repulse of three German attacks
against the village, after which the
Russians attacked and gained new
positions. '"
Berlin claims the recapture OF parts
of the positions lost to the Russians
in the Skrobowa region early in July.
In addition Prince Leopold's forces
took 500 prisoners.
Northwest OF Friedrichstadt tho
Germans have repulsed Russian at
tacks while the Russians assert they
repulsed German offensive southeast
of Riga.