Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-09
BRITISH RECRUITS EQUALLING GERMAN
 VETERANS IN FIELD
Have Accomplished In Few Weeks At Verdun More Than Teutons Did Tn Months, Say Critics
(ex Review Leased wire.l

LONDOIN, JulN J.- ne TtlIldThdul6 calmness and stoicism the British have aintained throughout the war has been preserved during the week in which the new British army emerg ed from the strain and monotony of trench warfare to engage in a violent battle. If the newspapers and the de meanor of the people are taken as a guage of the country with the prog ress made. It is more than satisfied with the conduct of the citizen sol diers who are pitted against the most seasoned veterans of Germany.
 There is no expectation of sudden or sensational victories. no illusions regarding the heavy toll of the lives of the best young men whom all the European powers are throwing into the struggle, and no demonstrations of rejoicing or mourning.
 All the correspondents with the ar my report that the British regiments the majority of them old country regiments which always furnish the backbone of the army-are proving themselves the equal of any soldiery in Europe. Moreover there is the satisfaction that finally the British contingent is credited with being the equal of any army in artillery which the enemies of Britain have always asserted could not be extemporized in a year or in decade; while it's air men are confidently believed to be the superior of all the others except the French.
 The German newspapers pay tri- bute to the British army, even credit ing it with contributions to the scien- tific implements of war in the form of aerial bombs and effective gases.
 A view of the results held here is that the Anglo-French advance a. gainst positions which the Germans had nearly two years to prepare has accomplished more in a week than the Germans have gained at Verdun in four months. The latest important news from the Anglo-French front was of fierce fighting north of the Somme, where the French captured the i'm portant village of Hardecourt with the cooperation of the British, after 95 minutes of fighting, and repulsed two counter attacks. The British gained depth of half mile along 9 considerable front
 In the meantime. the Russians claim that their three important of fensives toward the railway functions at Baranovich, north of the center of important railway center of Kovel, farther south, as well as in Bukowina are making steady progress.
 The Austrian official statement claims that the Austro-German forces repulsed the Russians who made re- peated attacks in great masses north east of Baranovich. but says signif- cantly that the defense was conduct ed in completely demolished trenches which appears to show that the Rus sians artillery is plentiful in the north as well as in the south. The Austrian official statement says that the Aus trian forces were withdrawn from the Styr salient to positions allotted north of Kolki and that the enemy pressed them at a few points.
 The Russian version is that cavalry closely followed by infantry. were pressing the retreating enemy forces and occupied the important station of Manevtchi, on the Kovel-Sarny rail way. after taking towns both north and south of the railway. and also are astride the Pinsk-Kolki highway. thus gaining two strong strategical foot holds.
 Hard fighting before Kovel may be expected as the Russians estimate that five army corps of Germans and Austrians are defending the south easterly approaches to that toiwn.
 The Russians claim an additional 4000 prisoners in the recent fighting and have captured a number of guns