The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-07

Lure was bombarded today by German
aircraft. the war Office reports, killing
II women and children and wounding
three others. Lure is near the German
line in Lorraine.
London, July 6.-The Anglo-French
offensive against the German lines
north and south of the river Somme
has come to a staldstlll. London and
Paris report no substdntial further
gains. All dispatches from the front
agree, however, that th,i slackening Of
the great drive III the Picardy is only
temporary. The official reports .ndi-
cate intense artillery preparation for
resumption of the attacks WITHIN
the next twenty-four hours. German
military critics share this view, voic-
ing the opinion that the hardest fight
ing in the west is still to come.
Meanwhile the Teutons are ieverish
ly engaged in bringing up heavy rein
forcements, allied aviators are doing
their best to disturb the foe in this
activity.
Throughout the day. the Germans
launched violent counter attacks, first
against the British and later, In the
afternoon. against the two extremities
of the new French line. All these on
slaughts were repulsed, according to
the French and British night reports
The Teutons did succeed, however, in
recapturing two small woods a little
north OF the village of Hem, lost to
the French yesterday
The French, on the otner hand, took
small wood on the northeastern out
skirts of Hem.
British headquarters reports further
slight advance" north of Thiepval.
The Germans admit this but say the
success was balanced by counter at
tack. The British official night state
ment reports further progress at GER
tain points OF the main battle area"
Petrograd. July 1.-THE war office an
nounced yesterday the capture We'd
nesday of more than 10000 Teutons, of
whom 5000 we're taken on the Dniester
front The Russian official statement
issued yesterday reads:
South of the Pinsk marshes we had
important new successes yesterday. In
! the region OF Kostioukhovka we cap
tured an entire enemy battery and took
prisoner % officers and $50 soldiers
Northwest OF Raznitchi on the Styr
north OF Kolki, we yesterday cap
tured two cannon, three machine guns
and 23O0 prisoners North of Stegrou
zatine we captured enemy trenches
and took more than 800 prisoners and
one machine gun.
Between the Styr and the Stokhod
west of Sokul and southwark, the
enemy launched some vain counter
attacks under the protection of artil
lery.
"Galicia: After intense artiller!
preparations we took an energetic OF
fensive west of the lower Stripa anC
on the right back of the Dniester
The enemy was defeated and driver
back. Our troops are approaching
the Koropice and Souhodolek ricers
tributaries of the Dniester. We tool
here yesterday nearly 5000 prisoner
and II machine guns. We lost tn
brave Captain Bogolioubsky, killed Il
action
In the course OF an attack on tn
village of Vertniki the Germans r,
ceived our troops with liquid fir,
Owing to their conduct we put all tn
Germans to the bayCnet when we cal
) tured the village We took prisone
Y IN this region more than 1000 mel
r At one point In this action our Crim'
: an Tartars charged the enemy and pl
!. him to flight.
}. Yesterday band OF 20 Cossacl
i swan the Dniester near Doline an
J. took prisoner on the right bank five O
d ficers and los soldiers. They capture
S n cannon.
I'm the region of Riga the German
a launched counterattacks against
h position which we had captured fro
5. them. and our troops retired to the
IS former positions, taking with the
prisoners and arms"
London July IA Petrograd d
If patch to the London Daily TelegraI
says that the Russians have fall