Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-14
RUSSKEEP UP DRIVE
Cars Forces Are Again II
Rapid Acl5l.
LAY CLAIM TO HEAVY CANS.
Bad Weather Fails to Halt On~s,t
Sweep Of Allies North of Sonre
Teutonie RESISTANCE as Desperate
as Ever.

as Ever.
A new attack was launched in tn,
Champagne by the French. The wa,
Office At Paris announced the captur,
Of trenches over a front OF 500 meters
UndeteTred by -ain and fog. IN,
Franco British offensive continre
hercsly north Of the Somme Tn,
British. IL conjunction with III.
French. are reported to have advance
another half a mile against the Geh
mans. General Haigs forces a,sf
have made considsrab bic progress a
Contalmaison. where their posit.o,
now is considered satisfactory.
The French, IN an attack on Harde
court and Mamelon, gained the d..
sired positions in a little more thar
half an hour. The Germans counter
attacked twice against the Mame.oI
positions, but were repulsed. Tn,
Frenh inflicted heavy losses and tool
200 prisoners
Artillery bombar'ments continu,
a<Dund Nerdun. A fierce preliminar,
Commandment by the British was FOL
lowed BY an infantry attack wh,ci
found IOdgment in 4 strongly defend
ed German position known as the Bol.
dc Trones. The Germans attempted g
strong counter attack 70 regain thii
position. but. according to the Britisi
official statement I broke down un
der the British Ere.
Great Russian Drive.
The Russian drive for Kovel Is
again in full swing along both side.
OF the railway from Sarny to this i'm
portant junction point In Volhynia
General Kaledlres reported further
progress In this movement His lines
now have been pushed forward a.ous
front OF more than thirty miles n
this sector. until they extend from
LctChnieyka on the north to Gruzia.y,
on the south. the present front lying
twenty-five miles from KoyS.
The Teutonic resistance. which 0
week ago had not only stopped. but
was driving back the Russians alons
this front. apparently has been nota
bly, weakened. Berlin and Vienna have
reported an orderly retirement here
but Petrograd claims the capture Of
more than 1000 prisoners. with nu
merous stores and guns. and men
tions the sabering of numbers of Aus
trians in a pursuit after a cayairy
charge The German c>7al st-.s
ment has little to say OF the flght uG
in the Volhynian and Galician field OF
operations II reports however, ne
repression OF Russian attacks on Field
Marshal Won HIndenburg's lines soDrn
Of Dyinsk and the moving down nj
masses OF Russians in their futile a..
forts to break through the German
lines north OF Baranovichi along the
front from Zirin to below GorodiscNe
The battle in this latter sector is still
in progress.
Mass Against British.
There seems little doubt that tie
Germans have masSed all their read
lily available reserves against the
British in northern France and are
making General Halg's forces pay
dearly for whatever success they gain
Berlin does not ooncede the gain
Claimed by the British In their effcr'S
to reduce the German salient center.
ing upon Contamination. and declares
that enormous numbers OF British
dead were left on the ground before
the German positions in this sector
after the hre from the Teutonic ar.
tillery had torn into the masses Of
troops advancing to the attack
Similar heavy losses were suffered
by the French In their attacks along
the Biaches-soyecourt front OF their
offensive movement. according to the
German headquarters report.
Heavy fighting continues north Of
verdun. where the French are declared
by Berlin to have suffered heavily in
fruitless attempts to carry German
DNe;t;o.s ~ ErotI, Tarra rtduo