South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-24
OUTER WORKS
Of POZIERES
ARE CAPTURED
Also Capture LOngueval, But
TeutonS Retake Northern
End of Village in Coun-
ter Attack.

LONDON. July 24.-Attacking
along a seven mile front running
from ThiepvaI through villages Of
Poziers and Longueval 10 Guile
mont in the Somme region. France,
the British have captured the outer
works of Pozieres, according 10 the
British official communication. Lon
gueval also was taken, but the Ger
mans. in a heavy counter-attack. re-
gained the northern end of the VIII
lage. During Sunday the outskirts
Ct Guillemont twice changed hands.
The lighting. which is described as
being Of intense violence. continues
from Poziers TO Guillemont.
Berlin is at variance with the
British official communication. de-
claring that along the entire line the
attacks of the British were fruitless
and that they suffered heavy casual
ties. Around Pozieres and the Four
eaux wood, the combatants came TO
grips in hand TO hand lighting.
Calm south of SOmme.
South Of the Somme Sunday was
relatively calm. following strong at
tacks Saturday night against the
French near SoyecOurt. which Paris
asserts broke down under the French
fire. The Germans in the Nerdun
sector. according to Berlin, have
gained some ground south of Dam
loup.
The Austrians. in the Carpathian
region. threatened with a heavy
Russian attack in the district south
east of TatarOw, have Withdrawn
their forces toward the main ridge
of the Carpathians. the Vienna war
office announces. Petrograd reports
the capture of additional men and
guns in this region.
Pctrograd Claim Denied.
While unofficial advices from Pc
trograd give a report of a five-mile
gain by the Russians in the Riga
region, the Berlin war Office says
Russian attempts to advance south
east of that city were broken up by
the Germans. as also was a maneu-
yer in which the crossing of the
Styr river in Nolhynia was the OBJ
jective. on the other hand, Petro-
grad asserts that the Germans at
tempted an attack on the Stokhod
river i'm Volhynia, but were COM
PEELED 20 retire and that an effort OF
the Germans TO recapture lost posi-
tiOns near SmOrgOn. 10 the east OF
Wilma. proved futile.
Fresh advances by the Italians
tino and DOlOmites sectors of the
Austro-Italian theater are reported
in the Rome official communication.
and further gains by the Russians
against the Turks in the Black sea
literal and farther south near ERIN
gan. are reported by Petrograd.
From the eastern frontier come
further reports of continued Rus
sian successes. Gen Kuropatkin has
cut Field Marshal Won Hindenburg'S
line at several points and according
to an unofficial report has penetrat-
ed a distance of five miles
Russian official reports Of the op-
erations in this sector (Riga) are
exceedingly reticent, but Won Hin
denburg'S line was considered the
strongest on the whole eastern front
and that the Russians were able TO
break it, is regarded as most signi-
cant here.
Admits Withdrawal.
At the other extremity Of the long
line the Austrians officially admit
their withdrawal toward the main
ridge of the Carpathians, and the
Russians are WITHIN four miles of
the Hungarian frontier, moving to-
ward Maramaros Sziget
Except in the Dniester region.
heavy fighting is proceeding along
the whole front There = no fur
ther official news of Gen. Sakhar-
offs operations. but. according to
unofficial accounts. he is on the
point OF entering northeast Galicia,
Gen. Boehm- Ermcili and Gen. Both
mer being outflanked both north and
south. Gen. Sakharon's forces are
supposed to be working in the di-