Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-05
Steady Advance by French.

otedoy ADVANCE Oy ffeucN.
Although the French are making q
steady advance in the Somme sector
without apparently heavy casualties.
and now face an easier task to reach
their objective, the river ITSELF. the
Verdun army is engaged in particular.
ly heavy fighting, the Germans not
having permitted the battle of the
Somme to interfere with their opera
tions for the capture of theg reat tort.
ress. On the Verdun front, the Ger.
mans have taken the Thiaumont
works for. the fourth time, after ID
terrific bombardment, and a nlaSsed
attack. Around these, works.. which
has been the center Of desperate At
tacks and counter attacks for many
days past, thousands Of men have
fallen. for this is a position which Il
essential to the Germans for carry
ing their advance nearer, TO .Verdun
itself, and to the French ~ keep tt11f.
resistance intact. E .sa,4s. 1.
Russians Enter Hungary.
: Russians and Italians are lending
all their strength to the combined
blow of the Central Powers, and Du.
charest reports significant move Of
the Russians in Bukowina and enter.
ed Hungarian territory. All along tho
fronts engagements Of the
severest character are in progress,
and the Russians driving northward
from Kolomea, have advanced more
than 20 miles, and are threatening to
outfank General Botmer's army and
the Austro-German forces in the Tar
nopole region. Should this Russian
prove successful, Won Bot
mer may have to fall back on Lem
berg.
The Russians report the capture Of
army guns and more than 5000 ,pris-
oners on the various sectors of the
eastern front.
Though the official communication
with respect to the Austro-1talisn
front gives only meagre idea Of the
situation as whole. the Austrian Of
flee indicates that the artillery and In
fantry fighting is continuous and des-
perate.
Russian cavalry patrols have cross
ed the Carpathian mountains and en-
tered Hungary, according to q wire
less dispatch received here.
pUsr.LApEN SOLDIERS "s
ARE EVERYWHERE
Facts and impressions come in over
numbers to the correspond
ent, who is on the move morning and
night trying to grasp the details Of
the gigantic struggle in progress. At
every turn he realizes the annexed
forces OF material and men that are
being employed in this determined Of
fensive. Everywhere the eyes can
reach, are tired and dust-laden sol
die~s.
Where the British and French lines
join there is another world ,of blue
and kahki uniforms, and varied kind
of transport vehicles. An automobile
took the Associated Press correspond
ent today to q point on the battle
field. which a week ago had teen In
sight and in range Of the German
gunners Reserves were sitting about
among the shell craters wrought By
the terrific fire Of the British guns.
Wonderful Scene.
The change from the scene present
ed by the monotonous trench warfare
to that of an advancing army was
amazing. The ruins Of the German
positions between Montaubos ana
Manetz, the correspondent looked
over the whole field toward the &c
ond great line of the German defenses,
where the barbed wire entangienents
were plainly discernable. From ono
field, where the British battery si-
fenced the Germans. the spectatof1
looked forward to where the 6attle
still ragged and swept On to Eficourt
to where the French infAntry was q.
vancing to gain another viceuey.
Rapid Advances q British.
AS an instance Of the amazing rapld.
ity with which the British t1ogp0 -
vanced, . British colonel took HI MT
real sleep, since the battls beeaA. 81 .
(Continued ffo0 ~ 1Vo1