Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-22
Attack by British at Fro
melles Dispelled With
1000 Killed.
ATTACKS AT SOMME
PROVE FRUITLESS
Russians Driving Austro-
Germans Toward North
ern Galacia.

DERLlN, July 21.-(Via London,
- 1920 p. m)---An attack by Brit
ish forces against the Germans at Fro
mellos. north of La Bassee. on We'd
nesday resulted in tho loss by the
attackers Of more than two thousand
men killed and nearly five hundred
taken prisoner according to n state
ment given out Ly the war office to-
day.
The statement admits that the Ger
man line along front of about three
kiloncteIs 1.-TWO milcs) south of
llardccourt was drieen from its first
trenches into its second trenches, SOC
meters in the rear. Enemy forces,
the statement says, penetrated into
the German salient at the wood Ol
Nermandovillers.
Establish Fronts.
The statement reads:
AN attack by the English il, the
region pt FromcllcS on Wedr esddy
was executed, we have established, by
two strong divisions. rhe brave Ba-
Varian division before whose front
the attack took place, counted on the
ground in 'front.' of them more than
two thousand enemy killed, and
brought in 4S1 prisoners, including
10 officers and IL machine guns.
"On both sides of the SOmme the
enemy yesterday US was expected
prepared to deliver main blow, Tut
| it failed After the strongest fire
preparation over a front of forty hlo
meters (about twenty-seven milesD at
tacks were made from south Poziere'
to west of Verroandovillers. More
giT m
than two hundred thousand men par
ticipated in the attacks.
Admit Retreat.
''The result for the enemy is tina
tho first line of the German division
meters south of Hardecourt wa
pressed back from its foremos
| trenches into the next trenches ly
ing eight hundred meters behind an'
| the enemy divisions penetrated int
| the salient of the little woods o
Vermandovillers.
"On the entire remaining front the
wild onslaughts broke to pieces
J against the death -defying loyalty o
| cut troops, with extraordinary losse!
| for the enemy. Up to the present l.
officers and 1900 men have beer
captured.
ION the remainder OF the iron
there is nothing special to report
The artillery and mine-throwing ac
| tivity south of La BasSee canal ant
northwest of Lens. as in the Argonn'
and both sides of the Meuse, increased
at intervals. North OF Vendresse, II
the Aisne region. small French de
taChments advanced after an explo
sion. which was without result, bu
were rcpulsed and the crater was oc
cupied by us
Russians Advance.
| Floods on the Dniester preVentini
any further advance into Galicia IRON
the south and east for the time being
the Russians ale driving in the Aus
tro- Germans toward the northern
Galicia border below Vlahimir-Vo
hynski. Both Berlin and Vionna ad
nit the rctir raemnt OF part of Gen
eral Won Iinsingen's forces from tn
region of the confluence Of the Sty
and Lima rivers to Berestechk. mort
Of Brody.
Petrograd asserts the retirement o
the Austro- Germans was the resul
Of an impetuous attack, in whicI
mere than 1900 prisoners wer
taken. Berlin and Vienna say tn
Withdrawal was made in the expec
tation OF an tnveloping movement.
In addition to capturing GUmusk
haneh, forty miles northwest of Bal
burt. the Russians in Turkish Ar
ptcnia are advancing in other sectors
| Artillery fighting appears to oc
cupv the opposing forces on the Aus
tro front generally. Rome however
rcports the capture of furthe
trenches on Monte Maio.