The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-11
FRENCH CAIN ON
TWO WEST FRONTS
British Win Southwest Of
GulIIsmOnt.
RUSS DRIVE MOVES FORWARD
ssrIks Po~srd slow at Defense Of
stanis,a.. Capturing Three Towns
and Ffvs vlIssss-ltalisns Capture
rms Key 10 Tnest


and Fh,s vpIsoss--itaiisns Capture
rms Key 70 TTfest
London. Aug. s.-oensrai Jorre and
ne troops Of France during the day
damonstrAtsd thetr undated power
IN the two main fronts N the vest
IN Pioardy they won q momsatosis
tnoosss. A. Yerdun they crushed a
1srTihc 0arman blow and. seiEing the
oRonsivs oui OF The hands Of the Tsu-
IONS, swept forward for frssh gains
m fur.sas forty-siGhthour BATHS,
sxtending from the Hem wood to the
River Sornms. the corps Of General
Tooh have driven In the German lines
on a front Of three miles and three'
quarters for depth - some points
o. third OF mile.
An sntire trench system has been
captured and the French have extend
Cd their positions around hin 1879. the
dominating Greet which looks down
On Peronne.
Before Yerdun. beating back with
Erim resistance tho most terrific at
lacks JET launched by the Germsn
crown prince in the siege OF the fort
re.G General NIyelie's defending
army has brought the German orsn'
ssva 10 dead halt. for the moment at
last And. ssiIing the initiative. the
Preach poilns have themselves taken
10 the attack with the result that
section OF the sheilbattered Thiap-
mont work Is again in their posses.
sion. They have retained completely
the Erip they held on F1eury. and have
won back ground in the Nanr-ohapi.
ire and Chenols woods where the
Germans for several days have
claimed gains
STRIKING IN unison With their allies
70 the south. the British troops IN
Pscardy REGISTERED = gain Of a quarter
Of . mile southwest Of 0uiuemont A
furious hand.to-hand battle is pro
eeeding In the village for possession
or tho rGnuay station. II has been In
prcress for more than eighteen
haurA.
me commander Of tho German
nrmiea defending Bapaume and Per
onne, General Won Einsern. continued
% send his troops forward In desPer-
ate assaults against the British east
q Po1isrsA Fo9r attacks were
launched. a total Of nine in the las;
day. Three o. the assaults like
those previous. failed. bar the Ger
mans hnaIlv gained foo;hold IN the
British trenches fo0shoid Of only
nfty yards. which was raid for soores
o. times over IN dead and wounded
Russ Strike Blow.
ne FrenA attacks on the front bo-
tween Hem wood and the river we're
delivered With a dash and elan rot
seen since the nrst days Or the great
offensive
me Russians suddenly resumed
tIelr drive in southeastern GAiieiA
I'd struck q powerful blow a, the de-
Eeuss Of S;ainslau oonverEing point
ave straisEicAl railway lines Rush
lng forvard IN dense masses IRON two
directions. northeast and southeast,
they battered down series Of strong,
" defended barriers and pushed thar
lInss within less than thirteen miles
o. the city. Thrse towns and ave vi
lagos fell TO them Taslr advance
brought them within the gates Of tbs
town Of Tismienica. on the river vOr-
ona. one OF the four streams which
stfll separate them nom S;anislau.
The total gain Or TERRITORY made N
the Stanislan mont amounts 10 iso
square kiloneters. the Petrogrsd war
once announced The battle on the
Verona. which she next tortyeight
hours 10 expected 20 usher IN. VIII de-
eide the fate OF Stanislan.
1T Il probable. the Russian oaiaal
statement saws. that the enemy has
exploded Bridges and stores before
r0treatinE-
Meanwhile. the Austro-Gernan
forces in the CarpathiAn foothills
made further hsadwAy In their ad-
vance to the northwest and took more
than 1900 russian prisoners
PeiroErad makes no mention Of the
situation on the other fronts, Vienna
reports = success on the Sersth, south
OF Brody. where more than 100 Rus.
SLAMS were CAPTURED and asserts that
the czar's forces were repnlsed on
both tanks OF the Kovel front south.
west o. Tortchin and south % Stohy-
chaw. where the Russians tried vssnly
10 cross the StOkhod.
Pushing forward with great vigor
In their new Offensive. the Italians
have captured the Goriria brideeheAd
and are Smelling the Austrians out o;
The city. which Is REGARDED As the KEY
q rriest. at Which the Italians have
oeen aiming ever since they entered