Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-07-26
ALLIES CLAIMS TO have WHIP HAND.
The Concerted Offensive Of the Allies Seems
= to be Quite Effective.

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London, July 23.-Austria1
troops have established them.
! selves in Pozieres and are said t.
have gained position on boil
sides of the. road in the. direction
of Bapaume, in new British at
tack against the Germans on tn
entire front from Pozieres t.
Gnillemont.
The Germans have. been putting
forward their full strength in at
tempts to prevent the British
forces from reaching their thir6
line positions Fighting of the
fiercest character is in progress.
The fact that General Haig
has been able to resume the often
sive so soon after the unsuccess--
fill German counter attacks OF
last week in which very strong
German forces were brought for
ward, is regarded. as a good au'
gury.
At Guillemont and. Longueval
fortunes f1uctuated, both places
changing hands several times
Late tonight fighting was pro-
ceeding with the utmost violence.
The German counter attacks
recently delivered against : the
French front have proved equally
unsuccessful and the Entente
ALLIES now are fighting slowly in
the direction of Combles, whs;ieh
is only two miles distant from
Guillemont.
According to reliable estimates
the British and French together
have captured since July l more
than 10000 prisoners. 14O guns
and hundreds of machine guns.
From the Eastern frontier come
further reports of continued Rus
sian successes. General Kuro-
patkin has cut Field Marshal Won
Hindeuburg's line at several
points and recording to an un-
official report has penetrated a
distance of five miles. Russian
official reports of the operations
in this section (Riga) are exceed,
ingly reticent- but Won Hinden-
burg's line was considered the
strongest on the whole eastern
front and that the Russians were
able to, break it is regarded as
most signifceHt here
At the other extremity of the
long line the Austrians officially
admit their withdrawal to the
main ridge of the -Carpathians
and the Russians are within four
miles of, the Hungarian frontier,
moving toward Maramaros-Szi-
get.
Except in the Dniester region,
heavy fighting is proceeding
along the whole front There. is
no further official news of General
Sakharoff's operations, but. &C
cording 70 unofficial accounts he
is on the point of point of enter
ing northeast Galicia. General
Boehm Ermolli and General Both
mer being outfanked both north
and south. General Sakharoff's
forces are supposed to be working
in the direction Of Brody and
Sokal.
British troops operating in the
northeastern section of German
EastAfrica have occupied Maheza
and Amani and have captured the
whole of the Usambara railway.
according to an official announce
ment made here.
The British press gives great
prominence to statements pub
lished in the French press and
credited to General Joffre and Sir
Douglas Haig, the British COM
mander, The former is reported
as saying that the Entente Allies
now have the whip hand over the
Central Powers. while General
Haig says the supreme decision
of the war must be made on the
western front, ::
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