Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-02
PIERCE TEU10N
Line FOR GAIN
OF five MILES
French and British Troops
Advance Along Front of
Is Miles.
FRENCH RECAPTURE
THIAUMONT WORKS
Germans, Counter. Attacking in Force,
Regain Positions South of Ancre
Lost to British in the First Fierce
Onslaught of Drive.

London, July l.-British and
French troops, thrown forward in a
grand offensive against the German
line on both sides of the River Somme,
60 miles north of Paris, have pene-
trated at one point to depth Of five
miles, taking several villages and
capturing labyrinth of trenches to a
depth Of 1000 yards on front of
seven miles.
The drive, the most spectacular in
this region since the British captured
Loos last September, began Saturday
morning after the German defenses
had been bathed in hail of shells
from guns of every 'cahbre- for sew
eral days, on each of which about one
million shells were fired.
The greatest gain by the British
was on the right. In the center they
captured what are designated in Off
cial reports as "many strong posi-
tions," along front of four miles,
but south of Ancre to Dommecourt
powerful counter attacks by the Ger
mans resulted in forcing the British
back from various sections gained in
their first onslaught.
The town of Albert was the strong
point on one of the fiercest thrusts,
the British advancing from east of the
Somme to Montaubin, more than five
miles. Besides Montaubin and Cerre,
the villages of Heputurne, LIE Boisell
and Mametz have been captured.
Three thousand German prisoners
have passed through the British COL
lecting stations.
In cooperation with the British, the
French attacked with strong forces
south of the Somme, captured four
villages north of that river, and estab-
lished themselves in the neighborhood
of Hardecourt and Curlu.
The number Of unwounded German
prisoners taken by the French exceeds
$500 up to the time of sending of the
last official report
French Recapture Thaiumont.
The recapture of the Thaiumont
works by the French also has been re-
ported. This important strategic
point had changed hands several times
and around it thousands Of men have
fallen.
On the left bank of the Mouse, the
fighting is most intense around hill
304, Dead Mans hill and Avocourt.
In the Trentino, the Italians con-
tinue to advance along the entire
Posina line and in the Arsa valley.
Artillery bombardments on the rest
of the Austro-Italian front continue.
While the Russians report progress
south of the Dniester river, in Galicia,
the Austro- Germans report the cap
ture of Russian works west and north
west of Lutsk, especially in the
vicinity of Sokul, Volhynia.
In the Kolomea region the Rus
SLAMS have captured many villages.
Northwest of Kimpulimb, Bukowina,
the Russians already are in the noun
tains, and they report the capture of
several positions.
Attacks of German troops in the
region Of the Lipa river were repulsed
with heavy, loss, Petrograd asserts.
The German \ oops under General Won
Linsinger have taken Russian posi-
tons west of Kolki and southwest of
Sokul. Fighting is in progress south
west of Lutsk.
General Won Linsingen's forces,
since June 16, have captured % Off
GERS and 316 men, Berlin reports.
Petrograd reports the number of
prisoners taken from June to June
80, inclusive, as 217,O00 officers and
men.
Front Selected Weeks Ago.
The front selected for the British