Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-02
PENETRATE LINES
AT ONE POINT TO
FNE-M|LE DEPTH
Progress Reported Along
Entire Front of About
Twenty-Five Miles.
TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT
PRECEDES JOINT ATTACK
Allies Take Several Towns and
Capture Labyrinth of
Trenches. ~
MANY PRISONERS CAPTURED
Drive Most Spectacular in West Since
Victory ut LOos Last
September. ~
TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT
PRECEDES JOINT ATTACK
MANY PRISONERS CAPTURED

British and French troops. thrown
forward in grand offensive against
the German lines on both sides Of the
River Somme. sixty miles north OF
Paris. have penetrated at one point to
depth OF five miles, taken several
villages, and captured Il labyrinth of
trenches. extending to n depth Of 1000
yards on IA front Of seven miles.
The drive, the most spectacular inQ
this region since tho British capturetp'
Loos last September, began Saturday
morning, after the German trenches
had been bathed in u hail of shells from
guns OF every caliocr for days Prog
ress has been reported along the entire
front OF about twenty-five miles
The greatest success gained by the
British was OH the right. In the center
they captured what are designated In
the official report as "many strong
points" along front OF four miles.
But north of the Ancrc Valley to Gom-
mecourt. powerful counterattacks by
the Germans have resulted I'm forcing
the British back from various sections
of the ground gained in their first on
slaUghts.
1000 GERMAN PRISONERS
PASS THROUGH STATIONS
The town of Albert was the starting 1
point or ono OF the fiercest thrusts, the5,
British advancing from east of she
town OF Montauban. more than fivG>-
miles away. Besides Montauban and.
Serrc the villages OF Hebuterne, Lac
Roisellc and Mametz have been cap
tured. Two thousand German prisoners
have passed through the British coll
Letting stations.
In co-operatiou with the British, the
French initiated a strong offcnsive.
South OF the Sommc they captured four
villages, and north OF that river thcv,
established themselves in the neigh
borhood OF Hardecourt and Curlu. The
number Of uuwoundad German priS-
oners taken hy the French had reached.
$500 up to the time or the sending Of
the last official report.
The rccap,ure of the famous Thiau-
mont work by the French also has been
effected This important strategicS
point has changed hands several times
and around 1t probably thousands err
men have fallen. on the left bank OF
the Mcusc the lighting is most intense
around hill No 304, lie Mort Hommc
and AVocourt.
In the Trentino the Italians continue
TO advance along the entire Posina line
and in the Arsa Valley. Artillery bonn
bardments mark the action on the rest
OF the Austro- Italian front
AUSTR1ASS CLAIM CAPTURE
OF RUSSIAN WORKS
While the Russians report progress
south of tho Dniestcr River, in Galicia,
the Austro-German forces claim the
capture Of Russian works west and
northwest of Lutsk, especially in the
vicinity of Sokui, Volhynia
Maintaining their drive against the
Austrians in Galicia, in the region of
kolomca, the Russians have captured
many villages. Northwest of Kimpo-
lung, Bukowina, the Russians already
are in the mountains. and they report
the seizure of several strong positions.
Attacks of German troops in the region
or the Lipa River were repulsed with
heavy losses, Petrograd a.Jssy,.s
The German troops under GeneTafNron
Linsngen have taken Russian positions
west OF Kollii and southwest OF Sokul.
Fighting Is in progress southwest OF
Lutsk. General Won Linsingen"s forces
since June Is have captured thirty-siX
officers and 3,lG5 men. Petrograd re-s
ports the number OF prisoners taken
from June 4 to June 3o inclusive, az
81 .D0D officers