The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19
French Are Holding Them
 in the Territory of La Maisonnette
BRITISH CONTINUE
 TO MAKE ADVANCE
Teuton Retirement Across Lipa Con- sidered to Give the Russians Good Chance to Take Lemberg Soon.
 Weather Is Big Factor in West

With the exception of the region of IorpuevoI and south of the Somme at ss;ncbes, relative calm prevails on the fighting front In France.
 The British and Germans are engaged in sanguinary conflict in the region of LonguevaI salient, to the northwest of CombIes. With the clearing of the weather, the Germans have taken the aggressive here after a preliminary bonn bardment in which a new asphyxi- nting gas shell was used. At last nc- counts no decision had been reached in the battle.
 To the south of the Somme the French and Germans are still at grips at Biaches. where the French have driven out the Germans from some of the houses they held in the village. The Germans failed on Tuesday to renew their attacks be- tween Biaches and La Maisonette, in which the French inflicted heavy casual ties on them Monday night.
 On the eastern front Vienna asserts that fresh Russian attacks in the terri tory southwest of Lutsk were without success, but says that in the Carpathian region near Zabie and Tatarow the Rus sians have pushed back Austrian ad- vanced posts, although the Austrian main line has been firmly held. In the vicinity of Riga the Russians are vigorously oH the offensive against Field Marshal Won Hinderburg's army, but all their attacks have been repulsed with heavy losses according to Berlin.
 In the Austro-Italian theatre Rome re- ports fresh victories for the Italians over the Austrians at various points.
 While Petrograd chronicles further ad- vances against the Turks by the Russian right wing, Constantnople says that in recent days on the central sector the Rus sians have suffered tremendous losses south of the Tchoruk river, and that their attacks have become less violent.
 Cannonading is going on along the en- tire front in the region of the Greek bor- der between the forces of the Teutonic and entente allies. Air raiders of the entente allies have done considerable dam- age with bombs in the region of Monastir.
 London, July 1S.-The British army made substantial progress today north of Orvillers, while the Germans util- ized a temporary luil in making an at tempt to regain lost ground at Biaches and La Maisonnette, where the French forces had pushed them back in the first rush of the Anglo-FFench offensive. Fighting in this region continues. General Von Linsingens retirement across the Lipa on the eastern front IS considered by critics as removing the last serious obstacle to the advance pf the Russians toward Lemberg. Re- ports from Rome say the retirement of the Teutonic allies has caused panic in Galicia, where towns are being evacuated The Russian official com munica tion today refers to the with drawal as having been in disorder, not withstanding German declarations that it was accomplished unhampered by tho Russians.
 While the adverse weather is com polling lull in the fighting on ths western front military critics are talk ing stock of the situation. They arc agreeably surprised by the large cap lures of heavy armament that General Haig, the British commander-in-chies announced.
 The critics point out how the British attacks have been pressed with the greatest rapidity in order to give the Germans no time to organize formida- ble defenses. Also. as was evidenced by the withdrawal of the British from the Foureaux wood, where they had reached the German third line, General Haig wisely resisted the temptation to tContinued Page sevens