Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-01

IT'S headquarters in France, July
DLJ-Reports from the front
.---3 80 O'Clock. five hours after
u --hined French and British Of
'et-c was launched. showed that the
allies had captCred the towns OF Ia
Boiselle, SeTre and Montauban and
: Carlu ana Favtere wood. The main
lrst line trenches over the entire front
under attack are reported to have been
sr0rmed and al various points the
hsbunE has reached the main second
line
These reports show that the French
and British, at the points Of their fur
S2est advances. have broken through a
distance az more than five miles be-
yond the FIRST German trenches. Mon
tauban Is rve and d half miles east of
the old British front and Curlu wood
is SIX miles east-southeast of Albert
The British are endeavOring to sur
Pound Thiepval and al other points an
Intense struggle is underway for towns
and villages
Reports from the front indiclte that
The important German position at Fri
court may he cut off
The British offensive was preceded
BY bpmhardm az or a week. com
pared with the bomhardment OF 81
days before the advance at L0os last
i" 1e-- The terrible effect of the
te was described from day to
u-F ~. spondents. all OF whom
hgreed THAT nothing - equal ii had
front
London, July l.-Tho front for the
offensive was decided upon weeks ago
the frequent raids had procured for
bfltish headqIarter important infor-
NATION AL IN the dt position Of the
Germans and was designed TO keep the
Iernan generals Uncertain as to the
point Of attack.
This is THE lrst thlC since the war
began that the intention Of an army to
undertake ain offensive has been so
wei advertised A week ago when the
NeI-nan attacks against Nerdun began
70 make further headway and il was
reared the army of tlc crown prince
was getting within q distance of Yer
onn which YVES dangerous for the all
s.cs, the Hrl.lsh guns began TO speak
since then except for The hours when
BRUSH lnfantrymen were raidinE Ger /
man trenches. continual lombard Z
Tsent has been maintained
smash German Defcnses.
Batteries which now are innumer- /
anle tonr turns al smashing the Ger /
nah ceteuses, destroying c0mmun !cat- /
ing Trenches and blowing up ammuui. /
ton depOts- New trcn, motars, uar-
REGULARLY destructive tore away wire I
enta1gIemects, broke down parapets /
and generally opened the way for men
WITH rifles and bayOnets. Big guns Of {
- Inches and other large callhres /
prevented the Gcrmars from bringing /
Up supports, wrecEng everything /
slt'un range
The artillery fire vas particularly
intense on q stretch n the front north /
OF the SOmme and earlier dispatches /
tolc or the CestTuCtioL OF the towns Of /.
1hlepyal and BCaucoIrt, where the I
1ermans had concentrated ammuHi- !
Ron Early this morning more guns
were brt lEht into acion on this 20
nile sector and for anhour and a lalf /
ne Germans were subjected 10 a BON |
. ifsrdment which is described as the |
4 orcest cXperinced in the war OF heavy 7
Artillery.
London is Enthused.
The news 81 the British offensive !
Siuch was quickly circulated in Lon /
Ton, created the greatest enthusiasm !
And details Of the battlt are being anX-i
ously awaited. only tae morning the 1
correspondents at the front for Brit |
lsh newspapers, while writing Of the |
British artillery and rading successes /
verne - pUblic inst an advance /
Ai-a. TX nadc hg int41ry an not IA 4
artillery and that al sRritI 4 II /