The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-08-23

beginning February u The gains of
tho first week were great and Germo
critics furetoli phe collapse 81 the
Irouch. rNu of She defending forn
yaux and nomnmout fcl ANA Hww'
wnt positions were taken west ot the
Mcu,e river as well.
But lonrc rallied his men iu snlon-
dd fashion ana sol1 weh yard of
ground at un anfm cost iu Guman
blood step by step the crown princes
iaeu pushed forward hut today ihef
eee stN mare tlan tMonlles from lhe
ruined fortfes. town aud WE resist
onrc az rle French is as strong Ns
efer
Austrian Drive Checked.
The second reuouic offensive was
organized by che Au,iuaus 10 the
Tputno, and they struck ln The If
rcciion of Nicenfa with the oNlccl
af cutting ofr the northern end ~ ltuly
lgom the main portion Ou May 26
as the result Of several days Nlo-
lent artillery fire folowcd hy iufautry
PUSHES. lhey were able 20 announce the
capture uf 2io00 Italians
General Count Caiofna hurried
about "a hundred thousand men u mo-
for cars to the scene. while mnuy more
arrived on foot or trains. Just when
# seemed the Ausirans must roeh
the Ion lands the countcr-atiacks Were
delivered
ON Ilne 20 Rome announced splcn-
did victory In bloody fighting the
Ausirlnns perhaps weakened by
DRIFTS 70 bolster up their russian
front. were driven from peak 10 peat
almost p whore Their llnw han s'oen
throughout thc winter
lu Mnreh the l'as~lans delivered
vast but futile nttncbs On tho Ger.
nam front ui mus points probably 90
distract attention from Ncrdun thc
Germans seemed 10 have been ll'l'd
into security by these Efforts "'a' %
they probably considered ihe best the
car could do Boz the tens Of lheu
sands of MnscovIte bodies lining ihe
Grman. borbcd wire We're bat pil
ter Of rain compared with lhe storm
That was brewing behind the RlisAlHI'
lines.
AZ the beginning Of june ms storm
broke with full force and, Following
thc principle of nliarkinE ihc "cnhes'
point the Austrians holainf lhr llnr
from the marsh district so3lllNar'l
were forced 10 bcnf the nrul' ol IT,
Russia's Bi1 Push.
Millions of shells. manufactured
iorp,1v IN pril.h Japnnese and
American factories blnsled away wire.
trenrbes dueeDis ana observation
mint. Then the hordw OF SHE.
,,.n. co..ac.s pnd others swept
o,,r the oald The Aasfanas could
rot withstand the nmnact and iAoy
ga.e wnv steadily
lnpe q General lrnslio0 announced
,be nin,ire NJ lsm0 Anstriaus Jane
Ne pu,nbor for the ihree succeed.
ing dnys alone was 1900 and the
numbers kept mouallns mul on July
20 General Shoo'aieG Russlan min
lister of var. estimated the number 81
Austro-lInnsHrIw prisoners al 4'of
900 The killed and wounded ure un
told, but the number must be large
enough 70 bring the total loss wei
over half a million.
German support ~as rushed 10 'h'
Ausirians, bat the foe captured Lntsb
aud Dubao aud reached the sipkhot
and Lipa rivers Ia Nollynla oYorfat
all Bukowlna to the Carpaihlans anf
sent patrols of Cossacks into Hungary
to raynge the country.
That the ear is anticipating further
great gains Of territory is seen frun
Russia's nciion IN moblizng la'
males of the islnnd of SashHllen Iur
kesian. and one other district 10 bull'
roads, dix trenches and dp other ~er'
Of organizing the ground wDn.
alli.,' Drive in sonme Region.
Almost month H. "a dsv foIoeln,
,,,. hepi0ninr ~ TIE GREAT Russian ~
ftUH4NF FiNNN HffH tff fFA 'if'fiN'
,,alr drive ln the vicinity Of ihl