Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-06
Germans Fall Back Before
Fierce Assault of Allied
Forces
KAISER HOPEFUL OF RESULTS
Russia and Italians Gain Van
tage POints-Berlin Pre-
pares Big Defense

In a Russian attack over front o.
$50 miles extending eastward int
Glacia the Austrians have been com
PEELED to retire in the region Of
Kolamea and to the southwark
The Austrians valiently attempt
ed to hold back the on coming
Russians, but according to Vienna
Emperor Francis Joseph's warriors
finally were compelled to give way be.
fore a superior force.
In the fighting and also in the bat
ties near Kuty, the Austrians suffered
heavy losses. In addition to men and
officers lost and taken prisoners many
machine guns and field pieces and sup
plies were captured. The Russian
success in this locality seemingly
gives them control of the Carpathian
passes and to the railroad line run
ming northwest to Lembery, the capi-
tai of Galacia.
On the central part of the Russian
front the battles, violent in their ma
ture, continue unabated. Further
north the Germans have followed
heavy bombardments of various posi-
tions with strong attacks, which the
Russians say were repulsed.
The Germans have made an attempt
to win the French positions west of
hill 304, northwest of Verdun, after a
bombardment extended from the hill
to the Aveacourt woods. The curtain
of the fire of the French and the fire
OF their infantry put down the attack
Intense bombardment continues north
CT Verdun.
The British along their part of the
line, in France and Belgium are keep
ing up their heavy bombardment of
German trenches and are sending out
raiding parties, who are reported to
have done effective work, inf1icting
more or less causalties on the Germ
ans and bringing back prisoners. The
guns of the British have done much
damage to the German trenches at
main points according to London.
In the Austrio-Itahan theater the
Italians in the Trentino region are
still driving back the Austrians and
re-capturing important positions, TAX
en- from them in the recent Austrian
offensive. The Italians have also open
ed up big offensive against the Aus
trians on the eastern front around
San MARITIME. Here, however, accord
ing to Vienna, the Italians are being
partly repulsed by Austrian counter
The official dispatches from the
English front report very little change
in the situation along the British lines
The reports state that the German
lines have received a vast reinforce
ment and were able to regain part of
the territory lost early in the week
The Germans are stubbornly contest
ing every yard of the British advance
The torrential rains and thunder
storms of yesterday caused a lull in
the English offensive, but the British
ers were kept busy consolidating the
already captured
A front correspondent from the Ger
man states, that the central powers are
beginning to realize that they are
gradually loosing the initiative which
heir favorable position on the inter
or lines enable them to hold through
)ut the long course of the war. The
Germans and Austrians are beginning
70 recognize that change has oc-
.urred in the relations of the belliger-
snts because of the vast amount of
and war supplies they have
able to store up during the past few
months.
The English editors are joyful over
he success of the Allies during the
'ast week and emphatically state i'm
heir columns that the great squeeze"
has at last come. The correspondents
iaily warn the Allies not to be over
confident at present and state that il
progress is made in the offensive il
must necessarily be slow ad meth
,dical
A correspondent on the German
ront says that the Germans were
wept by a hell of fire." For seven
lays and seven nights guns of all
alibers have increasingly hammered |
he German positions, camps and
heltered behind constantly renewed /
waves Of poison gas. The gas drifted |
'ver, mingled with shells, which as
hey burst threw out corrosive, be-
umbing fumes. The Germans first I
renches were constantly under a hail 1
4 missiles against which the best pio- /
eer works was helpless. When the
ceased and the
british troops began to advance II was
relief to the Germans. The British
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