The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-24
Australian Troops Enter the Town of Pozieres on Main Road to Bapaume.
 Many Prisoners
FOURTH WEEK OF THE SOMME BATTLE BEGINS IN FAVOR OF ALLIES
Russians Are Continuing Their Vicious Attacks. Teutons Repulsed With
 Great Losses

N London, JuIy :3.--The British gem ernI attack on the Somme front. begun K at midnight Saturday. has landed Aus | traIinn troops in the town of Pozieres and has placed them astride the rond l in the direction of Bapaume. Late to- | night, the British official statement says, the fighting Is proceeding with N the utmost violence, especially at Guil- K lemont and Longueyal. Both these places have changed hands several |l times.
 The fourth week of the Sonime bat Fs tie begins we'll for the entente allies | and is expected to be fruitful of im E portant developments. The fact that K General Hnig has been able to resume successful German counter attacks of last week, in which very strong forces were brought up, is regarded as a good "A augury.
 The fighting has been of the fercest N character. the Germans working with E their utmost strength to prevent the Brit N ish from advancing to their third line E positions.
 N The German counter attacks recently delivered against the French front have E proved unsuccessful and the entente al- lies now are fighting slowly in the direc- tion of Combles, two miles from Guille- \ mont. According to reliable estimate. the British and French together have cap. tured since JulyI more than 26,00e pfison- K CTS. 14O guns and hundreds of machine guns. < ON EASTERN FRONTIER From the eastern frontier come fur ther reports of coptinued Russian suc- cesses. General Kuropatkin has cut N Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's line K at several points and, according to an K unofficial report, has penetrated dis !, tance of five miles.
 \ Russian official reports of the op- 4 erations in this sector (Riga) are ex- ceedingly reticent, but Von Hinden- burg's line was considered the strong est on the whole eastern front and that  regarded as most significant here. At the other extremity of the long N line the Austrians officially admit their withdrawal toward t;ssAsessssI ridge of B the Carpathians, and the Russians are within four miles of the Hungarian frontier, moving toward Maramamoros- Sziget Except in the Dniester region. heavy fighting is proceeding along the whole eastern front There is no further of ficial news of General Sakharoff's op- erations. but according to unofficial accounts, he is on the point of enter ing northeast Galicia. General Boehm- Ermolii and General Bothmer being outfanked both north and south. Gen eral Sakharoff's forces are supposed to be working in the direction of Brody and SokaL
 THE ENGLISH REPORT The battle on the British front in north- ern France was resumed today along the whole line from Pozieres to Gulllemont, \ the war office report of this afternoon says. The British captured the German outer works near Pozieres by assault and carried the fighting into the village. Long, gueval also was the scene of a desperate struggle.
 The official statement which was is- sued at 2.a5 o'clock this afternoon says: The battle was resumed along tho German front from Pozieres to Guile mont and reached stage of intense vio- lcnee
 "1n the neighborhood of .Pozieres terri torial and Australian troops. attacking from the southwest and southeast, re- spectively, carried the German outer works by assault shortly after midnight Violent fighting now Is taking place in the village where the Germans are of- fering desperate resistance with large numbers of machine guns
 'On other parts of the battle front the fighting is equally intense and here no definite progress is yet reported. At one time this morning we had, recaptured the whole of Longueval but the enemy once more segained the northern end of the village, Similarly. the outskirts of Guile mont already have twice changed hands. 2 In statement issued at s o'clock to- night the war office announced further progress of the British in the neighbor- hood. of Pozieres, with the capture of a number of prisoners. On the rest of the front from Pozieres to Guillemont. a
 continuance of the battle with fighting of
 Intense violence is reported.
 THE FRENCH REPORT
 Paris, July 23.-The new French
 lines south of soyecourt on the Somme
 front have held against German
 counter attack. the war office an-
 nounced this afternoon. The German
 attempt. made last night. broke down
 under French fire. The artillery battle
 along this front continues.
 An artillery bombardment and some
 hand grenade fighting are reported on
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