The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-18
british PREPARE
FOR new ATTACK
nBiako Lost Ground From
n Germans.
CARPATHIi1 GATEWAY TAKEN

nussIsn Drive Captures Jsbionitza.
Gateway 10 tho Hungarian Plains
italian Troops Only ThIr.ssa Miles
Prom Trisst, According 70 Reports.
London. Ang- LITTLE allied ArtiI-
lsry developed . tsrriAs ere along
practically The vhols fronf IN PioArdy.
apparently IN preparation for q great
nov attack. The German guns are
Fssponding vigorously % the bonn
bardment. Il Il announced. and the
nghting which for days has bssa IN
che hands o. the Infantry. has de-
teioDed into . heavy artillery action
The hovftsss took ~ thstr can
nOnade - m early boo. foilowtng .
violent night battle IN which tbs Brit
nh rcsnined me greaker Part Of the
trenches between 1Afepyal and Pori-
ere Lost IN the German counter Of
fensive Of Monday. Not only was
practically al ne lot ground con
ausred. but General Haigs troops sue;
eeeded IN one place In pressing ahead
n far as the Mouquet farm. weii be
hind the main front Of attack. ane
capturing some prisoners
The English are engaged in . com
prehens.vs regToupinE Of their forces
In Pieardy in preparation for the new
attack TIE veteran Canadian forces.
-four divisions strong. have been
brought from Ypres to the somms
front whore they have taken their
place beside tho Australian, New Tea
ianders. Indians. Irish and territortais.
Who 20 far. have borne tho hrunt o.
the fighting.
The visit Of King George 10 the
trenches has cheered and quiekcned
The spirits Of the men. who are anxi-
Gus TO again assume the offensive In
strength
Describing the situation on the
front the report from British head
quarters in France says:
There have BEEN the usual artii.
iery bomh&rdments A various places
on the British front The situation IL
unchanged and thsge are no impoF.
tant incidents 20 rsport-
A semionciL ezplanasfon Il ~
crfvcd from Paris % the cousraraiive
si5uness o. operations on the western
front ~ conpared with those o. the
Russians in the east II vas pointed
out IN this document th.t condiiione
IN the two areas are entireiy diHerent
both a. 20 ground and political con
siderEfiona TIE German front n !
Flunce ana belgium. u = shown. /,
fnfhitsly stronger fortified than that
which the Rassians are facing. =s.i- I
IN NE vest also NJ sstsase armies. |
b. nature q the Tsusonie positions.
are prohihfted hon employing thsr
ufnEs
Russians. according 10 the P-tro-
grad var once. have tAkrn Jsbioni,Ea- |
one Of the most important EzierRys
the carparhSans TO the Hun !,
Earian plainHf' and have captured !
nearly 1880 additional prisoners
Acnoriing to the Pstrogrzd state
Leut huG HAAAlAa IpotN ~ cN1NhH-N
Ing 10 cross the ZlotA LIpA under
onanny ere. wkich at many points
hampers the construction % bridges
Heavy artillery and machine run ere
i being directed AZ the Russian work.
n this SECTOR ne Russians claim to
have taken az men
The advHncs guard o. the italian
,roops moving southeast froz Gorilla
b within thirtssa miles % Tries;- ae-
cording 10 a telegram from Buehs
switzerland This same repost saws
maj the Austrian feet stationed a;
MS important Austrian port has LEI,
for an Unknown destination
The Italian war crioe SAYS that the
Asstrians have suffered further r.
verses on the carso plateau and 10
he cas-, o. Gori1ia Counter attacks
b. the Aus;riAns hare been unsncoess-
ful according 70 Rome