The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-07-06
ALLIES SMASH
GERMAN LINES
FrIcOut Taken by British In
Drive.
FRENCH REACH SECOND LINE

eoth British and French Are Holding
Al Ground oaIned--Russians CAP
ture An important Austrian Position
West Of Kotomea.
London, July AIN the face Of q
doggod resistance and OF frequent
counter attacks of great violence tho
British and French forces, engaged
IN the great offensive north and SOL B
Of Somme. continued their advance
and held al the ground gained.
Fricourt, three miles east Of Albert,
which was practically surrounded by
the British In the first hours OF the
drive. fell alto their hands during the
afternoon. Desperate hghting had
been in progress here since almost
the beginning Of the offensive. The
town is on the railway from Alh"r; to
Peronne. via Combles and - also on
the Albert.Peronne hiehroad
The village of Curtu. the outskirts
OF which marked the furthest p,igt
reached by the French north OF
Somme In the first day OF the oaen
siye. was taken by them after heavy
fighting and later IN the day they
stormed a railway town which th
Germans G7d organized into power.
full defensive position.
In the first two days OF the drive
a.. iii. he. t,lr, A., th, unIphb gr.
hood OF ten thousand prisoners. II
thev have not exceeded this number.
Early during the night the Ger
mans along the greater part Of the
front Of the drive launched counter at
tacks in an effort to recover some OF
the ground they had lost. These
counter attacks were repeated time
and again all through the night, al
various points along the line.
The German attempts to throw
back the French al Hardencourt failed
utterly under the French. barrage fire
and rife FIRE. the Germans, after los.
ing heavily, Tetreating in disorder. In
the course OF these vain efforts 10
AltAh the lfliAu dNANNAAAfF Ahh W.
mans lost 200 prisoners.
South Of the Somme the French re
pulsed number OF determined coun-
ter attacks. maintained their new po-
sitions in their entirety, and in TAX.
ing the village Of Curtu. the quarry
east Of the village. the village Of Frise
and the Mereaucourt wood stili furtn-
er east, obtained a footing in the sec.
ond German line OF defense.
British Push Offensive.
on the British section or the front
the advancing troops pushed beyond
Fricourt for some distance and are
continuing their progress beyond la
Roisselle in spite OF stubborn resist.
ance.
Earlier reports to the effect thar
the allies were suffering comparative
~ small losses. are .corroborated by
the official communique issued in
Paris. which attributes the smallness
OF the French losses TO the complete
and eficacious artillery preparation
and 20 the infantry The attacking
troops have captured some cannon
and large quantity Of other war ma
terial.
The capture Of an important Aus
the foothills OF the Carpathians. is
announced in an official statement is.
sued by the Russian war department
The positions we're taken by storm
after a furious encounter About two
thousand prisoners have already been
taken by the Russians These. ac-
cording to the official statement. we're
members Of fresh bodies OF troops
which had been concentrated in the
Carpathian region TO oppose the Rus
sian advance along the foothills and
north in the direction of Stanislau
The Russians are making every er
fort TO capture Stanislau, as by doing
so they will compel the retreat of the
Austro-German army along the Strypa
which is defending Lemberg.
Desperate attacks in Vohynia be,
tween the Styr and Stokhod in the re-
gion OF Kiselin are being made by
the Germans, but. according to the
Russian statement, no progress has
been made.
Along the south coast OF the Black
sea I'm the Caucasus region. The Rus
slams captured a chain Of fortified
mountains from the Turks, according,
to the Russian statement
An earlier Russian statement con.
tains reports Of German and Austrian
ropulses in Volhynia. This statement
also announces that Russian detach,
ment OF several cruisers and torpedo
boats were attacked IN the Baltic sea.
near the Swedish coast by notilla
OF German topedo boats and subma
rines. The Russian naval forces beat
on the German attack and returned 10
their base without loss.
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