Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-09
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French Attack hardscourt and
Msmelon Success ID,
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GERMANS ATTEMPT s; ss;;
00UNTER.ATTACH
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Russians Continue to Pound Gen.
eral Bonthmsr's .,:..
Army ,j,ts.

London, July 8.-Undeterred by
rain and fogs, the Franco British Of
fensive continues fiercely north Of
the Somme. The British ir coujnnc-
tion with the French are reported to
have advanced half mile on Satur-
day against the Germans. General
Haig's forces also have made conSid-
cradle progress at Contalaison. whore
their position now is considered "sst-
isfactory." s.. II.
The French in an attack on Harde.
court and Mamelon gained the dssir-
ed positions in little more than. halt
All hour. The German counter-attack.
ed twice against the Mamelon pod
ton, but were repulsed. The French
inflicted heavy losses, and took ESQ
prisoners. Artillery Commandments
continue around Verdun.
A fierce preliminary bombardment
was followed by an infantry attack,
which gave the British lodgment IN
a strongly defended German position
known as the Bois de Tyrones. Tho'
GermaHs attempted strong counter
attack to regain this position, but a.
cording to the British official state-
ment it broke down under the British
fire. .. .f-sy.y
The Russian drive for Kovel II
again in full swing along both .sidCD
of the railway to this important juno.
ton point in Volhynia. General Kal-
edines reported further importalt
progress in this movemen, yesterday.
His lines now have been pushed for
ward along a front of more than 80
miles In this sector, until they *
tend from ~Letchnievka, on the north.
to Gruziapyn, on the south, the pres
ent front lying approximately IS mileS
from Kovel Ilss
The Teutonic resistance, which q
week ago had not only stopped, 1dt
was driving back the Russians on this
front, has been notably weakened.
Vienna and Berlin have reported d
orderly retirement here, Dut Petro-
grad reports the capture of more than
1000 prisoners and mentions the o..
bering of number Of AustrianS ina
pursuit after the cavalry charged.
The pounding of General Bonth-
mer's army in Galicia also is being
continued by the Russians, who 70.
port the capture of another village
and more than 1000 additional pris..
oners. ~
The German official statement has
little to say of the fighting in the Vol
hynia field of operation. 1t reports,
however, the repression of Russian
attacks on Field Marshal Won Hinden-
berg's lines south of Dvinsk. and the
moving down of masses of Russians
in their futile efforts to break through
the German lines north Of Baran0-
vichi, along the front from Ziring TO
below Gordische. The battle in this
latter sector is still in progress.
There seems little doubt that the
Germans have massed all their ready
available reserves against tn British
in northern France and are making
General Haig's forces pay dearly fQ
whatever successes they win. ssy
Berlin does not concede the gains
claimed by the British in their efforts
to reduce the German lines centsrinE
on Contalaison and declares that
enormous numbers of British dead
were left on the ground before the
German position on this sector, after
the Teutonic fire had torn into me
masses OF troops advancing to the at
tack.
Similar heavy losses were suffered
by the French along the Bichs-Soye-
court front of their offensive move
ment, according to the German head
quarters report.
Heavy fighting continues north Of
Verdun, where the French are 'deciar-
ed by Berlin to have suffered heavily
in attmpting to carry positions %
the F-oide Ridge. -
A Hague dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company quotes Naximil.
ian Harden, the noted German editor.
as writing in Die Zukunft: "Our eue-
mics are ready. So are We. There
fore, after the exhibition Of their
strength, just given, they might with.
out humiliation make up accounts
and look for a straight line toward
peace. But we Germans must not ~
lieve that they will do that. Every
where in Germany we hear that
France, being exhausted, prefers ~
initiation to another winters carr
paign, and whatever happens will safFA
render before the winter. THIS -
just as true IS the talk about Ger
many drumming blind and lame nea
into the army, while We still haIo
at least 80 army corps and COZ. ~
recruits every year"
EVENTS PROVE PNoCNE0o
WAS NOT NeAlsZ9o
Berlin, July z, (vfa Lon1ou, dela1.
ed), July S.-An eyewitness accent
Of the Anglo French o9saaivo. b eo1v.
en- in q dispatch from LteatsaaAt
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