The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-05

Desperate Encounters Occur
Near POZiereS Between the
British and Germans.
RUSSIANS REPORT PROGRESS
Victorious SIav Army Still Pursuing
Turks East of Erzingan-Turks
Out of Armenia.

Out of Armenia.
London, July 2S.-Hard fighting has
commenced again between the British
and the Germans in the Somme re-
gion Of France, neac PozieFes, around
Longueval and in the Del Vile wood.
The British in the fighting Wednes-
day night captured an important Ger
man trench situated to the north of
the line running from Pozieres to
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, but were sheIled out
OF it Thursday morning by an emf
lading fire from the German artillery
Another attack, however, gave the
British foothold in the southern end
of the trench. To the south of the
SOmme the French made further prog
ress against the Teutons to the east
of Estrees. In Champagne the Ger
mans raided French first line trenches
near Prosnes, but later were driven
out in counter attack. Bombard-
ments are in progress on various sec
tors around Verdun-
Still Fighting in East.
Further advances for the Russian
troops in the Slonevka river region on
the eastern front are chronicled by
Petrograd. Vienna admits the falling
back of the Austrians south of Lesz-
niow, scar Brody, in the face of SUI
perior forces of the Russians and that
northeast of Brody the Russians
gained insignificant advantages in
which the attackers suffered extraor-
binary losses. In the north consider
able fighting continues between the
Germans and Russians, but no impor-
tant changes in territory have re-
suited.
In the Caucasus region the Russians
are reported from Petrograd to be still
on the heels of the Turks retreating
from ErZingan.
Bombardments by the Austrians in
the Asiago basin along the Isonzo
front and against other Italian posi-
tions in the Austro-Italian theater are
reported by Rome.
Russians Now Hold Armenia.
Petrograd, via London, July Is
Russian troops covered a hundred
miles in their advance on Erzingan
within week. The capture of that
city means the virtual completion of
the Russian occupation of Turkish Ar
menia and gives Russia the benefit Of
the extremely fertile valley and opens
an easy means of communication
through Trebizond for the western
and southern Caucasian armies.
British Troops Rest.
London, July 27.-With the village
of Pozieres completely and apparently
secure il their hands and having
strengthened their position here by
the capture of two strong trenches
west of the village, the British troops
seemingly are resting before attempt
ing again to throw their forces against
the Germans, who are blocking their
advance toward Bapaume. Wednes-
day saw only isolated artillery duels
and here and there sharp local infan-
try attacks along the entire British
front in France, where for several
weeks sanguinary encounters had
been engaged in almost continuously.
South of the Somme the French
have recorded another success in the
| taking of fortified house with some
prisoners, southeast of the village Of
Estrees. Except in the Champagne,
where the artillery of both sides was
| engaged in somewhat violent actions,
little fighting took place on the re-
mainder of the French front.
In the Volhynia sector the Russians
/ are keeping up energetically their
pressure on the Teutons in the Slo-
| nevka river region and also are at
lacking the Teutons in north Galicia
near Brody. In the SloneYka district.
Petrograd says, the Teutons are suf-
| fering heavy casualties and that more
| than 1000 men. five guns, six machine
| guns and quantities of munitions have
been captured by the Russians.
Reports at Variance.
The Petrograd and Berlin communi-
cations are at variance concerning the
results of fighting that has taken
| place near Riga and in the vicinity of
Baranoyichi.
Petrograd claims the repulse of an
| offensive by Field Marshall Won Hin
denburg's men near Riga, while Ber-
lin asserts that the Germans penetrat-
ed Russian advanced pos lions there
and destroyed them Likewise, Petro-
grad claims a slight gain for the Rus
siaas near Baranovichi, while Berlin
declares that strong Russian attacks
in this vicinity were put down with
heavy casualties by the Germans.