Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-12
BRITISH WIN
POSITIONS on
WIDE FRONT
Capture Contamination and
Mametz and Retake
Trones Woods.
ALLIES GAIN MANY
POINTS OF VANTAGE
1riti.E, Now in Position to Attack Ger
mans to the North on the Flank, and
French Arc Similarly Situated
Threatening German Flank Of 6elley
Md Estrees- -Gsrnans Renew Attack
on vsrdun, Retakins DamIoup.

British is not great, there is entire
satisfaction here at the success attain
ed by the armies Of General Haig dur
ing the twelve days Of fighting and the
belief is that the positions now occu-
pied will make possible greater
achievements. The capture Of Contal-
maison. Mametz, and Trones woods
give the British a line running east ana
west SO that the Germans to the nortn
can be attacked on the flank when the
guns are brought up for the second
nhase OF the operations. To the south
OF the river the French are In posi-
ton somewhat similar and Likewise
can attack the German flank south OF
Belloy and Estrees. For the moment.
however, the two armies are engaged
In getting ready their new POSITIONS
Germans Take Damioup Battery.
Meanwhile, the Germans, renewing
the attack on verdun, have taken Dam
loup battery, which they had for time
at the. start ee June. This position is
the point furthest from Verdun In the
French line Of defense, SO that the loss
is NOT taken seriously by the French.
~ In the East the Russians arc engaS- =
I'd IN battles In the extreme northwest
ax0fner of BukoYina, where they are in
h gfltcting defeats on the army Of Gsneral
pflnn1er. now cut on from Gensfal
Won Hothmers forces to the. .nOSeh ana
also along the Stokhod river, wheresthe
Austrians and Germans are putting up
formidable resistance. The Stokhod
river is d shallow one but marshes Inn
pede movements Of troops and guns.
Across the river hghting IL in prog
ress near Syidniki, while to the south
west another force is going ION to
Kovel.
Gernans Lose Eight Mile Front.
The capture Of the whole Of the Ger
mans first system of defense on q front
OF $4,000 yards (nearly eight miles)
after ten days and nights OF continuous
fighting, is announced in the official re-
port from British headquarters in
France
The number Of prisoners taken ex-
ceeds 1900. 2 -tS
A striking illustration Of the differ
ence in the relative position Of the al
lied and Teutonic forces and Of the re-
mafkable change from the monotonous
defensive trench warfare which char
acterized the allied operations for SO
many weary months, until the present
summer. Is found in the number Of
prisoners and guns taken.
293,620 Prisoners Taken.
In the battle of the Somme $4,000
prisoners and 104 guns were cap
tured from the Germans, while the Off
cial figures for the Russian General
Brussiloff's drive to the 10th of July
are 271,620 prisoners, 312 guns and S66
machine guns.
Today's news is OF sustained and
heavy fghting on almost all the
fronts, the allies making consistent
progress, with only occasional set
backs The British have finally cap
tured the hercely contested town OF
Contamination after desperate day and
night fighting and now are holding the
town against all the German counter
attacks.
Reeapture rronss Wood.
The Importance the Germans have
( attached to this position may be
measured by the fact that they re-
Gently threw the Prussian Guards
into the fighting at this point
Tho British also are in possession
Of the greater part of tMametz Wood
and have recaptured nearly the whole
Of Trones Wood All but the northern
end Of the wood is again in British
hands. The British commander
in chief, General Sir Douglas Haig,
thus summarizes the results Of the ten
days operations:
Our troops have completed .the
methodical capture of the whole en-
emy's first system of defense on q
front Of $4,000 yards"