Arizona republican., 1916-07-07

voiced by the British newspapers at
the inadeQuacy and vagueness of the
British official reports. The reti-
cence or silence Of General Sir Doug
las Haig's communications on i'm
portant points is compared with the
readiness with which the French and
/ Russian commanders give details of
the operations and with the greatly
I increased latitude permitted to spec
/ ial correspondents on the western
! front since the beginning OF the bat
| tie
That the British authorities fully
! realize that their hard task is far
! from ended is indicated by the steps
which are being taken by the min
/ istry of munitions for the cessation
! Of holidays for munition workers
| during July. The expenditure OF
munitions in the Somme battle has
! been the theme and surprise Of all
! the correspondents at the front and
/ the nation is aware that nothing
must be allowed 20 interfere with the
maintenance of a fun supply
! The transfer of David Llovd
George to the ministry of war has at
last been officially announced Lord
Derby who did valuable work in re-
cruiting England's immediate armies
has been appointed under secretary.
Reuters correspondent at the Press
camp British army in France sends
the following despatch under date of
July 6:
The impetuous forward movement
of the entente allies has been checked.
but certainly not arrested. The allied
armies are busily consolidating their
gains and drawing a deep breath in
readiness for the next mighty thrust.
In the meantime, they are battering.
: bombing and bayonetting the enemy
by night and day with the most eff
fective results.
THE fighting is reminiscent of the
Verdun battle, with the important
, distinction that the position is re-
versed and that the enemy has no
such line upon line Of fortified posi-
tons to retreat upon in the face oil
, our smashing blows, as the French
have had, defending their great for.
, tress At any moment, the weakest
: link in the chain may snap and tly
broken ends fly apart.
THE enemy is straining every nerv
4 but is being attacked as never before
j From the coast to the trench s n
! northern France on-flowing Stream
i of khaki are pouring in a .ftefal floo
and / am unable to resist the contag
ious confidence of our army CORE
spondent who says; Now that it i
possible to write with sorle fullnes.
the story of Saturdays attack one al
most shrinks from recording it, s
terrible was the toll taken from tn
j enemy
Petrograd despatch to the Dali
Telegraph says that the Russians hav
fallen back almost eighty miles i
the Bagdad region.
The despatch says that the pressur
OF the Turkish forces was only one {
the reasons which caused the retire
ment of the Russians The Turks al
said to have gathered a great army t
contest the Russian advance. Anon
these troops was the force original
destined for the invasion of Egyp
troops which had been in Bulgarii
and an army of 10000 men whic
= was withdrawn from the Salonil
front
The principal reason, however, civ
en- for the retreat of the Russians
that the intense heat in Mesopotami
makes campaigning very difficult {
this time of the year. 1t is stated tha
the Russians are planning to renal
in the GOODNESS of the hills until CT
matte conditions make the resumpti {
of the advance eXnedient