Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-28

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tillary fire. followed by infantry PUSHES.
.nes were able to announce the cap
ture of $4,000 Italians.
General Count cadorna hurried, aho,,
iVo:oVo men IN motor cars TO the scene,
wh!ie many more arrived on foo, or
trains. Just when II seemed the Aus
TRANS must reach the lowlands the
commentaries We're delivered.
On June 13 Rome announced n
spiehhio victory. In bloody G.:h,ing
crafts to bolster up their pnsst,r
front, were driven from peak 10 pc,i;
hack almost to where their lines had
STOOD throughout the winter.
IN March the Russians delivered
VS. put futile. attacks on tho Rus
TO distract attention from vcrd,,n
the Germans seemed to hay. hccn
| iusica in'o security by these efforts,
mnich they probably considered rho
pcs, ire Car could do But the ;eu:;
or thousands of Niascovite bodio. ~,
ing the Germans barbed wire wnra ~,
/ ~ patter Of rain compared with tho
storm that was brewing behind III.
! RUSSIAN lines.
~ the beginning of June this storm
nrokc with full force. and. following.
| ire principle of attacking tho ,v.,t.o.,
point. the Austriuns holding ,ha III.
! from Tn" marsh district souibyvnrd
were iorcod 10 bear the brunt of II.
unions OF shells. manufactured
largely in British Japanese ana
american factories. blasted away wire.
| trenches. dug-outS and oyscrvatinn
| points Then the hordes or Sihorian,
ana Cassacks swept over tho field
ne kustrians could not withstand ~,
| impact and they gave way steadily
RUSSIANS CAPTURE
| 21O,o10 PRISONERS
On June 6. General Rrussilofr an
honhced the capture Of $4,000 Aus
'rianS. The number for the three sue
ceedinE days alone was 10000 and IN.
numbers Kept mounting until on JuIv
~ General Shoovaieff, Russian Minis
Ter OF War, estimated the number Of
.NhStro Hungarian prisoners at go
WV, Ihe killed and wounded are un-
| toid, hut III" number must he large
enough 10 bring the total loss we'll oyer
! half n million.
German support was rushed to tho
AuStrians. but the foe captured Iu,sl,
ara Duhno. and reached the Stokhod
and i-ipa Rivers in Noihynia, overran
all Eukowina To the Carpathjans med
sent patrols OF Cossacks into Hungary
TO ravaec the country
THAT the Gar anticipated further
great gains OF territory is seen from
iiussia's action in mobilizing the males
OF the Island OF Sashalicn, Turk.stau
and one other district TO build roads.
oi" trenches and do other work Of or
Canning the around won.
Almost month to day following.
the BEGINNING OF the great Russian Of
fenstve the French and British open-
ca their drive in the vicinity OF the
Sontnc River. They have gained grad
ually but steadily and the official re-
ports assert the losses of the attackers
are compa ratively small
II Is also tho claim of tho allies
that tho Franco British offensive can
be Kept up At its present rate lndefi-
nitely, and will not have to slackcn for
lack Of shells guns or men. Tho rate
OF progress ~ much greater than the
icrmans's a. Nerdun, hut the country
travcrscd x lesa difficult. ON The
other hard the Nerdun ASSISTANTS have
the adNau'ar" Of attacking from the
outside Of curve. while the rr~nch
and British now attack from inside the
salient they have made in the linz.
Meanwhile the Nerdun offensiv. OF tho
Germans continues.
GERMANS HAVE LOST
CAMERooN COLONY
outside OF Europe the Germans have
lost their CAMERON colony on the
west coast Of Africa. tho remaining de-
tenders having crossed into Spanish
territory and been interncd The army
OF East Africa still rcsists the con
Merging columns OF Bclcians. French
Rnd British. but, shut off from re-cn-
torccments. their doom would seem 10
lie sealed
irish knight. tried 10 land from a Ger
man submarine on the coast of Ireland
but was captured. The neXt dav :. re
volt in Dublin and other Irish cities
bro4c out. and the center Of the Irish
capital was burned. The revolt wa
49, . ~, t.I
resistance had ceased on May J.
Micro successful was the revolt Of tho
Arabs. led by the Grand Shercff OF Mad
ison against their Turkish ovcrlords
Mecca. Medina and other towns have
boon captured and are held still. prob
ably with British assistance
The year has been marked by a CON
tnuance Of horrible prosecutions In
Armenia and Christian Syria. where tho
Mohammedans are apparently deter
mined TO wipe out the "giaours"
Recent months have seen n cessation
81 Zeppelin raids on undefended Brit
In and French towns. The cause of
thts IS somewhat OF a mystery, as tho
1trihans have claimed important milf
AIRY results from their attacks
TN September rs there were two
raids on London. thirty persons being
Killed and a proportionate number
wounded. F'ifty-flve were killed by
Ieppelins IN a raid on London on DC
tober H. on January 20 the German
dirigibles bombarded Paris, killing
twenty eight. and on February Liver
nool and other English centers were
visited and fifty-nine slain. On April
Zeppelin killed twenty-eight in
England and was destroyed on the
British coast as II returned On March
6 thirteen were killed On April 6 ii
was announced that tho nth Zeppelin
raid in six days on the British coast
had been made. The Germans declared
that war munition factories and supply
dcDotS had been destroyed.
NO ZEPPELIN RAIDS
ON ENGLAND LATELY
Since then England apparently has
hen Inn. f,.n, In III.