Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-07-11
British Launch Furious
Drive and Take Town
BY Storm
sCZAR AFTER HIS FOE
Muscovites Forces Passage of River at
Various Points and Press Toward
Kovel y

London, July 11-British troop
last night carried by storm the wi
lage of Contalmaison, northeast o
Albert, about which violent fighting
has ragged since the opening of the al
lied offensive General Haig, in an
nouncing the victory, reported tha'
189 German prisoners were taken.
.Further east we stormed sevefa
lines of enemy trenches in the Nam
etz wood" added General Haig. 1.-The
greater part Of the wood is now IN
our possession
Paris, July 1l--wenty two villages
all fortified to the highest degree OF
which the Germans are capable, have
been captured by the Anglo-French
armies since the great offensive OF the
Somme began ten days ago.
Peronne, lying bare mile across
lc Somme from: the French aavarc
ed lines and the next important prize
toward which the French are driv-
ing, lies almost within grasp of
General Foch's army.
Dispatches from headquarters to-
day showed that the village of Biaches
one mile from Peronne, was captured
bv the French in the same daShing
spirit that drove the enemy out OF
Dompierre, Hardecourt, and other
strongly fortified points.
Dompierre, with its entire first line
German positions, was taken in fifty
minutes and Hardecourt in only
thirty five. The Germans resisted
more stubbornly at t.Biaches, but with
in less than two hours the village
and all it's strong defensive fortifi-
cations were in the hands of the
French. :.
Paris, July Herman troops
launched a powerful attack against
French works northeast of Verdun at
a o'clock this morning after an in
tense bombardment extending frfm
Fleury to the Chenois wood. !
"East of the Chenois wood and in
Fumin wood, the Germans occupied
our advanced trenches, but were later
thrown out by counter attacks" the
war office stated today. Every
where else the attack was checked
by curtain fire."
The war office admitted that Ger
man troops entered 200 yards Of
French trenches. in Lorraine east o1
Reillon.
Petrograd, July 1.-THE Russian
forces advancing in Volhynia TOWARD
Kovel are crossing the river Stokhot
at various points, closely pressing tn
Teutonic foltes opposing them, say
the War Office statement.
The passage of the river is being
accomplished under serious Difficult
ties. The official communication say!
that the crossings of the river have
in most cases, been destroyed by th'
opposing armies. :;
Berlin, July 1.-THE Germans hav,
checked the Russian forces whicl
were advancing, in Volhynia, in tn
direction of Kovel, the War Offic'
announces. The Russian troops nov
ing toward the Stokhod line wer,
everywhere repulsed. The announce
ment. follows;
"On the northern section of tn
front, apart from fruitless Russian at
tacks in the region of Skobowa, eas
of Gorodische, nothing of importanc
has occurred.
"Army group of General Won Lin
singer; The enemy advancing towar
the Stokhod line was repulsed every
where. His attacks west and south
west OF LItSS Were unsuccessful
German aeroplane squadrons male
successful attack on enemy shellel
east Of the Stokhod.
"Army group of General Won Boil
mer: There was activityi.on the pa
of our patrols, which engaged
successful encounters in advance
positions.
"on the Balkan front our advan
ed posts repulsed by artillery fiji
enemy detachments south of Lal
Dorian"
Psris, July 11-Aftiltery activit