The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-18
ITALY and RUSSIA
keep UP OFFENSIVE
IN IsoNZo DISTRICT THE iTAL-
IANs CONTINUE TO ROLL BACK
THE AUSTRlANS.
ALLIES GAIN IN FRANCE
The Russians Are Keeping Up Their
Strong Offensive Against the Teu-
tonic Allies in Both Austria
and Gallcia.
latest News From War Fronts.

| Although bad weather is hamperlng
the British and French maneuvers in
the west, both the Italians and the
Russians are keeping up their strong
offensive against the Teutonic allies,
respectively, in Austria and Galicia,
and at last reports both had made ad-
ditional important gains.
On the Isonzo front the Italians, I'M
der the duke OF Aosta, have continued
to throw their forces across the river
and have fought their way to the east
of the captured city of Gorilla. In adj
dition, southwest of Gorilla they have
taken strong Austrian intrenchments
near Monte San Michele and Monte
San MARITIME and also occupied the
town of Boschini, giving them free
hand for their operations in the re-
gion of the Doberdo plateau and south.
ward toward the Monfalcone sector.
Large numbers of prisoners were
taken in the fighting.
In Austria the Italians have Gag.
tured the city of Gorilla, twenty-five
miles northwest of Trieste; in Ga.
licia the Russians, in quest of Lem
berg, have further carried out their
endeavors toward the capture of Stani-
slau from the Austro-Germans, while
in France the French and British
troops in the Somme region have at
tackled and won additional points of
vantage from the Germans.
The capture of Gorilla by the Ital.
isns seemingly is as important gain
by the entente allies as has yet been
attained in their present offensive,
the city being the door through which
the Italians may now pass in an en-
deavOr to carry out their long-cherish-
ed idea of capturing Trieste, Austrias
big seaport at the head of the Adriatic
sea.
In the fall of Gorilla, in which the
Austrians were completely routed, the
Italians inflicted heavy casualties on
the defenders, took more than ten
thousand men prisoner and captured
considerable quantities of war re-
quisites.
In France General Joffre's men have
taken German trenches three and
three-Quarters miles in length, and
from 300 to 500 meters in depth, in
the last two days; have again won
foothold in the Thiaumont work near
Verdun, and captured two lines of
German trenches on the Vaux- Capitre-
Chenols front. The British on their
part OF the battle line in the Somme
region near Guillemont have thrown
forward their line about 400 yards.
The Russians are continuing to
drive their wedge eastward into East
Galicia in the region about Stanislau.
Here they have taken some half dozen
additional towns and villages from the
Austro-Germans, and, according to Pc
trograd, are continuing to develop
their advance. In all, says Petrograd,
sixty-one and half square miles have
been captured by the Russians and
the pursuit of the Austro- Germans is
still going on.
The Germans have suffered further
losses at the hands of the French be-
tween the Hem wood and the River
Somme, losing their line of trenches
and 12O prisoners and ten machine
guns, and also in the Verdun sector,
where the French made some prog
ress south of the Thiamont work, and
captured five machine guns and took
some houses in the western part of
the village of Fleury.
After heavy bombardment of the
British positions, the Germans launch
ed violent attacks north and northeast
Of Pozieres, and at two places succeed
ed In entering British trenches.
Despite rains which have this week |
turned the country into a quagmire,
the Russians are keeping up their
strong offensive against the Teutons
In Northern Galicia and have pushed |
further forward their lines against |
them in the Sereth and Graberka
river region.
The latest reports concerning the |
attack of the Turks against the Brit
ism forces, with the Suez canal their
objective, indicated that the Ottoman
forces met with reverse even more
serious than was first chronicled.
Driven back eighteen miles into the
desert, fighting rear-guard actions.
they suffered heavy casualties and of |
their total force of $4,000, lost 45 Of
ficers and 5000 men made prisoners.
They now have been entirely cleared
from the Katia.Umaishi basin.
In Northern Galicia the Russians
have struck another hard blow at the
Teutonic allies and occupied along the
Sereth and Graberka rivers south of
Brody, six villages and the entire
ridge on which they are located.
Slight advances for the British at
High wood and east of Pozieres, on
the Somme front. and for the French
southwest Of Estrees, south Of the
Somme and to the northwest Of the
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