The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-07-06

during the night on both sides of tn,
Somme. South of the Somme they
made further progress toward the
river particularly at Sorment farm
This position is on the left bank op
posite Clery.
The number of prisoners taken
thus far exceeds 5000. The number
OF cannon captured has not been as
certained.
Repulse Counter Attacks.
London, England.-"Heavy fight
ing continued throughout the night
in the neighborhood of the Ancre and
the Somme," says official statement
at j p. m. which was given out today.
We made further progress at GER
tain important points"
German artillery has been active
in certain sectors. In the neighbor-
hood OF Thiepval two determined at
tacks on our new trenches We're beat
en off with loss to the enemy There
are no important developments on the
rest of our front"
British Hold Positions.
London, England.-A Reuter- dis
patch from the western front saws
the Germans made a counter-attack
on the new British positions at Thiep-
val, after a heavy bombardment, but
We're easily repulsed.
Prisoners are quoted as stating
| that German units are being rushed
to the Somme front, as far as Verdun
10 the east and Lens to the north.
The dispatch adds that a German Of
ieer who surrendered $50 men in a
body said he thought they would 0e
|oi more use alive in Germany after
|rhe war than dead
French Straightcn Line.
The French troops, cooperating
with the British in the Somme river
region, have Strengthened their line
somewhat by the capture of BarleuX
Belloy y-en-Santerre and Estrees and
are advancing on a considerable Wild
CT front toward Peronne. At isstrees
where 500 prisoners were taken the
lighting is still going on furiously.
On the British end of the line only
slight progress has been made at
same points. Unofficial dispatches
say that the entire British front of
30 miles is bearing its full share of
the bale but it is toward the south
that heaviest fighting is under way
nigh British officer is authority for
the statement that artillery prepara-
tlon will precede any further infantry
attacks as the resourcefulness, deter
mnatlon and fighting qualities of the
oil
their defenses, are we'll recognized.
Ncrdm Not Inactive
Although the French are making a
steady advance in the Somme sector,
without apparently heavy casualties,
and now face an easier task accord
ing to expert opinion to reach their
objective, the river itself, the Ver-
dun army is engaged in particularly
heavy fighting, the Germans not hav-
ing permitted the battle of the
Somme to interfere with their opera
tions for the capture of the great for
tress.
On the Verdun front the Germans
have taken the Thiaumont work for
the fourth time, after a terrific bonn
bardment, and by massed attack.
Around this work, which has been
the center of desperate attacks and
counter attacks for many DAYS past.
thousands of men have fallen. for this
position which is essential to the Ger
mans for carrying their advance near
er to Nerdun itself, and to the French
to keep their resistance intact.
Strike at Rail Center
T
french under the intrepid Foch
within three miles of Peronne. the
center of network of railway lines
used by the Germans in supplying
their western armies, and the British
having gained the dominating ridges
along their line. the Anglo-French
troops are consolidating their gains.
bringing up their artillery and pre-
pairing for further onslaught.
The French have made spectacular
gains, advancing three miles, taking
;the villages of Feuillier, Flaucourt,
'Assevillers and Bushcourt, following
| the capture Monday morning of Her.
! bcourt. They also have pushed into
F.: the outskirts of Estrees, carrying the
second German line of intrenchments
on a three mile front
/ British fiercely attacked.
| The British operating on the wider
| front, seem to have encountered
stronger resistance. Evidently the
Germans expected more from the
British than the French, and prepar-
ed accordingly. The British, having,
completed the capture of LaBoiselle
with it's garrison. have lost part of
the town, but have taken Poodle ana
the Ancre bottom woods and ut
some points pushed up to the Ger
man second lines.
Although some of the British
troops have been expelled from DO.