Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-07
DRIVE GERMANS FROM TRENCH
E9 ON SECOND LINE IN RAT.
TIE OF soMME-TEuToNo
CONSTRUCT oEFENsEa
HEAVY C0UMTER-AT1ACKS
OCCUPY BRITISH FORCES
GeSnan Resistance Prevents important
Gaino-kaisero Losses Already
From Town Only Two Miles
From PeronnA

now lie between General bOcQ'6 troops
and Peronne, the great railway cen
ter which Is the immediate goal Of
the French drive ON the Somme
The way has been cleared for q
quick push over that interval On
both banks Of the Somme the French
forces have struck with undiminish-
Ing vigor and both strokes have sue
eeeded
North ct the river the second Gen
man lines have been carried on q
front Of two kllSneters from the Gle
ry-Maricourt road to the somme and
the village of Hem has been taken
BY storm. Thus the highway that
runs into Peroone u controlled by
the Allies
Second Line Carried.
South Of the river the German GEO
ond line was carried over q front Of
more than SIX miles and the occupa,
ton of the villages Of Estrees Wa
completed
With these successes the French viii
b able to stEa1ghtsn the salient d.
sectly west OF Peronne. The German
hold ON EstFees and the Clery-Mart
court highway had tackled down the
base of this wedge. Il has now been
looee0ed.
Build New Defensea.
The Kaisers troops are making q
va0ent effort to stem this constantly
Increasing pressure ON Peronne. In
some places the French have broken
through the third and last tine Of the
German defense The Teutons are has.
t11y constructing new line. but II q
hardly probable that Il viii be: al
strong as the three lines strengthen
cd with 20 months work, through
which the French have forced d way,
Germans Counter>Attaci<.
How important the Germans consid,
q these positions on the Somme ID
indicated IN the heayy COUNTIES. attack
they launched against the Village ol
Bea3oy botwooa Ese1eal
md Ba1lern.
After the French had taken the Sos.
munt Farm. On the left bank OF the
liver Opposite Glory. md only two
miles from Peronna, the Germans
made heavy attack ON Bealoy. They
Dsooeeded in Winning q grip on the
p1uhga, thus denting the line. But in
the f1,zioass battle &hat followed, tha
French Won back the town again.
Bring Reintosoementa,
Dispatches from the nont say thaa
She Germans are rushing retnforoo;
meats to the Somme front from "a
tar a. Verdua ON the east 10 Lens On
tho north. On tie British front where
the Teuton resistance q SITTER, troops
were rushed forward eli day along the
Cologne Cambria railway. running to
the center Of that part OF the German
front which the British are attacking
Tho British have been able to make
only slight advancea- They are occu.
pied tn beating back heavy German
counter attacks- Between the Ancre
and somme, however, they are NAH
ing steady and slow progress. But Il
the French are TO advance much fur
thee their laft flank must be protect,
cd and only q British advance ON tho
po1th can guard Il against a flankina
movement
These counter attacks are levyina
heavy cost On the Germans. Il "a
estimated that The Kaisers losses h
the Somms hattie are already 10000,
The number o6 prisoners taken By tho
reoch 10 now almost II, 1000, the Byt>
nh have bagGsd 6,00Q