The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-08
Heavy Artillery Play Of Britons
Foils Plans of Teutons .,
Strike Body Blow
RUSSIAN SUCCESSES
AT STRATEGIC POINTS
Won Hindenburg Compelled
to Retire. While Brousilo6
Still Scoops Up Austrians il
Large Numbers

London. July THE second phaaA
of the battle OF the Somme developer
today with a strong movement by the
British oyer a front of approximately
eight miles extending from north of@
Fricourt to the Ancre. In the face o3
determined German counter offen-
sive over large portion of this front
into which the Prussian guards. the
kaisers famous regiment. wer0
thrown, the British made steady EainG
capturing a series of strong positionS
They have entered the village u
Cvillers, part of which they held and
had in their possession for a time tbs
strongly defended town of Contal-
maison. The Germans by a ~.
termined counter-attack regained this
village, but tonight furiom5 fghting
Is proceeding m the outskirts.
Drive Line SIN Further.
One OF the largest gains recorded
by the British was won east OF In
Boiselie. After breaking ? German
trench line on a front OF 1000 yArds
during the night. English troops today
drove their advance 500 yards furtli~
er on a .,0oo-yard front
The fighting today was a series of
linked actions with Thiepval on to
the center and the region north
Fricourt on the south, the points 0ka
heaviest contact. Following the re-
capture by the Germans of 800 Yards 4
OF trenches northwest of ThiepvAi.
the British crumpled up determined
counter-attack southwest Of the town 4
and today. launching an assault II
dawn. captured by storm the in1~
mensely strong Leipzig redonht which
the Germans had been terrifying for
TWENTY months. This position was tho
principal point of support OF the Ger \
man salient In this region and its
loss menaces the entire wedge.
Linked with this action to the
south was the British drive on Ovii-
lers. Here they forced their way
across more than a quarter OF a mile
of fortified ground into the outskirts
OF the town. The CONTAMINATION ac-
zion took place further to the south.
while on the extreme wing OF the
advance, British troops. striking frosSf
a point northeast of Fricourt. swept
across three lines of German trenchea
and through two strongly organized
wooda
General Haig tonight reports that
the German losses during the day
were severe. Several large organizes
tons OF reserves were taken under
the fire of the British big guns. which
kept up q steady fire against villages
behind the German front
At Psychological Moment.
me brush oHehsiFe To-Day, accorns
ing 10 ali ihdications, was iauncncM
at the psychologfcal moment.
oroke up great counter-oiow when
the Germans apparently were JUST
getting ready to strike on the English
front. The concentration of refn-
forcements behind the front had been
practically completed and the back
fire was just getting under way when
the British artillery opened UP At
dawn. heralding the new drive The
not result Of the days work, an al
vance at some points of more than
half q mile, has caused great satistac-
Non in London. whore the lull OF the
previous day had led to the fear that
the "bir push" was losing momentum. Il
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