The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-28
FUENCRFORCE GERMANS
FROM MORE TRENCHES
THE BRITISH IN FRANCE ALSO
MAKE GAINS AND TAKE MORE
TERRITORY.
VIOLENT RUSSIAN ATTACKS
Russians Push Forward IN the Car
pathians, But the Germans and Aus
TRANS Are Making Stubborn Re-
sistsnce-On Italian Front.
Latest From European War Fronts.

The Germans in the region of the
Somme river have been forced before
the fierce Onslaughts of the French to
give up first line trenches over a
front of approximately six miles to
the French, but to the north of the
river similar lines a thousand yards
long to the British.
The forward push of the French ex.
tended from Barleux, southwest of Pc
rome, to the heights of Vermand
Ovillers, which lies some three miles
west of Fresnes and marks an ad'
vance farther south along the French
front.
The British gain was made in the
sector north of acknowledgement
line, and in addition the troops Of
King George captured more terrain in
Delville wood and the village of Lon
gueVal The French also occupied and
controlled further German positions
near Hardecourt.
In Thursdays fighting the French
took $500 prisoners, three guns and
about thirty machine guns, and large
quantity of war material. Stubborn
opposition was encountered by the
British in their advance, and the fight
ing continues heavy on the outskirts
of Longueval village and in the Del
vile wood
Northeast of Verdun the French
have forged further forward near the
Thiaumont work and in the vicinity
OF F1eury.
The Germans southwest of Lutsk
and the Austrians at the bend of the
StOkhod river, north of Sokul, in Vol
hynia, have gone Sn the offensive
against the Russians and gained sue
cesses over them, according to Berlin,
In e region of Riga and near BaranO'
viz heavy Russian attacks against
the Zines of the Teutonic allies were
repulsed.
Petrograd chronicles further gains
for the Russians against the Turks In
the Caucasus region, detachments on
the right wing having moved forward
a distance Of about nine and a half
miles, and captured additional prison.
ers. COnstantinople records a repulse
of Russian attacks, with heavy losss
to the attackers, on the Persian from
tier.
In the Austro-Italian theater bad
weather is hampering the operations
In the mountain regions
There has been no abatement in the
struggle between the British and Ger
mans north of the Somme, which be-
gan Tuesday after German lombard
ment and heavy infantry attacks which
gave them parts of the village of Lon.
gueval and Deville wood.
In counter-attacks Wednesday the
British succeeded in regaining mos Of
the territory they had lost and in III.
dltion dispersed large body of Ger
mans who we're massing for another
attack south of Delyille wood. Hard
fighting continues in this sector.
South Of the Somme the French re-
port the capture of several German
trenches.
The Russians in the vicinity of Riga
are hammering hard with infantry and
artillery on Field Marshal Won linden.
burg's forces, but, according to Berlin,
all their attacks thus far have failed
with heavy losses. Further south in
Volhynia the Russians along the Stok-
bod river and to the west and south
west of Lutsk are heavily bombarding
the positions Of the Teutonic allies.
While Petrograd asserts that the
Russians in Galicia are advancing to-
ward the passes Of the Carpathians,
leading to the plains of Hungary,
Vienna said that southwest of Delatyn
the Austrians have driven the Rus
SLAMS back across the River Pruth.
German naval aircraft have dropped
a large number Of bombs on Reval in
the Gulf of Finland, causing, accord.
ing to Berlin, damage to Russian cruis-
ers, troop boats and submarines in
the gulf and military establishments
on land.
In Asia north of Trebizond gains for
the Russians against the Turks are
chronicled by Petrograd, while Con-
stantinople reports straight successes
for the Turkish armies against the
British along the Euphrates river aud
north of the Persian gulf near Basra
In addition the Turks are declared to
have defeated the Italians in North,
ern Tripoli at Misratah.
South of the Somme the French and
Germans are still at grips at Biaches
where the French have driven out the
Germans from some of the houses they
held in the village. The Germans fail
ed on Tuesday to renew their attacks
between Blaches and La Maisonette
While Petrograd chronicles further
advances against the Turks by the
Russian right wing, Constantinople
says that in recent days on the cen.
trail sector the Russians have suffered
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