Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-06
British Apparently Fail to Advance, Except in Few
 Sectors.
ALLIES CAPTURE
 16,000 PRISONERS
Unofficial Estimates Place German < Casualties in Battle of SOmme at V 6O.OGO-Russians Claim ROut of
 Enemy on the Dneistpr.

London, July ,. The entire second < position of the Germans, south of the
 SOmme, over an extent of approxi-
 mately six miles. has fallen into the
 hands of the French, who also have 7 captured the village of Hem near the northern extremity Of their line, and
 have completed their conquest of
 Esprees.
 The British line has apparently failed to advance except slightly in < certain sectors, as the British war x office put it. None of the ground X gained by the British has been lost.
 however, and the further statement 8of the authorities that the fighting Z along the battle front was mostly in X ths nature of local struggles for the { possession of strong points, would z seem to indicate that each side is de- Evoting particlar attention to the < sscrganization of it's positions and the
 Strengthening of it's hand for further
 attack or defense.
 &S The number of German prisoners
 Reported by the British and French lis about 16,000 while the German
 casulties have been unofficially estl-
 mated at 6O,OOO. On their part, the
 Germans report the taking of con-
 Giderable number of British soldiers. sfA Compar ative quiet has settled over
 yerdun, although bombardments con-
 Nnue, but while the respite is on at z Yerdun, the Germans have opened
 new attack on the French line near
 R6N cn,
 the east of Luneville.
 s They delivered strong assaults &against the French trenches in this x sector and centered them at three
 roints, only to be driven out shortly
 afterward.
 Ss# A success of the first importance Is ] Reported by the Russians, who claim { {O have cut the railroad running from Lemberg the capital of Galicia < to Delatyn. This is the main line of X Communication for the Austro-Ger- mans defending Lemberg, and allied
 military critics have insisted that
 the cutting of this railroad would
 compel the central powers to fall
 back on a wide front and place Lem S berg in immediate peril.
 Russians ROut TeutOns.
 M The Russians, in late communi- cation also claim the rout of the X enemy forces on the right bank of { the Dneister.
 ss8 The view is expressed in Berlin, < res pecting the Anglo-French offens-
 live. that there is perfect confidence 1that the German line will hold and 'Sfhat the German control of the ter \ fitory now occupied in France ani s@ Belgium will remain. The success sSzSo far attained by the French and M British are looked upon as of minor N simportance.
 report from Holland indicates SSthat the Germans have prepared X ACounter offensive between the Bel #Eslorte frontier and Arras, where it IS AsSrumored, a formidable centration of < SssArtillery is being made.
 &sS The operation on the Russian front Seshow not the slightest elimination in gsssheir intensity. Both Russian and l%German officials communications to the desperate nature of the SJattles. The Germans are offering S)stubborn resistance in the Verano- Agvichi region. but On the whole the SSRussians appear to have the ad- ||Esvantage here and also ia the Lutsk hregion. In the Caucasus, however, SBthe Turks seem to be more successful ..sin holding up the Russian advance ssSs3 sSs3according to the Constantinople re- &sport. .
 ROumania May Join Allies. N Meanwhile, the political field has X almost as absorbing an interest as N the battlefield. The Roumanian gov x ernment is said to be greatly impress N ed with the success of the entente al- \ lies, and reports state opposing fac tions have already joined forces In favor of pro-entente policy. Hopes, therefore, are revived here that Rou- N mania soon will be found in active cooperation with the allies. There is reason to believe that although the British government and its allies dis avow any real change in policy as a result of the abandonment of the declaration of London, steps have heen taken, in the neutral countries of Europe which have the effect of in- creasing economic pressure on Ger