The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-08-24

iacking the French lines south OF
| Estrees on the Sonnle front have
gained a footing at some points in
the trenches that had been captured
| by the French on August II, ii WAS
| officially announced today
Attacks in the l.strecs region south
of the Somme were launched after a
period of intense artillery prepara-
tion. North of the Somme the Ger
mans Violently bombarded the
French first line
Hall Tur!liSl! OncnSc.
-P"troerad Russia The Turkish
offensive along the Armenian ijlacK
Sea coast has been halted. the Rus
slams driving the Turks back with
he aid of the Russian feet il is Of
iicially announced
Italians Fight In Alps.
Rome, Italy The Italians are
making strong and successful
thrust al the Austrian lines into the
Alpine region ON the extreme no,rll
il is officially announced The llal-
ians have carried a strong Austrian
position in the Tofana area
British SCI, Loss Heavy.
Berlin. Germany. The German
admiralty issued statement today
asserting the losses to the British
and French naNies i'm the line of bat
lleships and cruisers to August |.
comprise . vessels with a total dis
placement of 49G.050 tons.
The German losses in the same
classes and the same period are %
placement OF 495,05e tons.
Push Allies Back
London, England, Both Allied
wings on the Salonik front, where
the soldiers OF at least seven nations
are in battle, have been bent back by
the Bulgarans. In the center how
ever, where the allies main force is
being concentrated at the entrance TO
The great Nardar valley Paris re-
ports important gains.
Nothing is said about the Russian
or Italian share in the fighting and
no information has been given as
10 their strength. The Scrbians APP
parently have been the heaviest los
crs and have been forced back ON
their extreme left about five miles
irom the Serbian-Greek frontier.
They claim. however, continued pro
gross on the other sections OF their
front.
ON the allied right the British and
French. who had crossed The Strupla
toward The Bulgarian frontier have
been forced back on the river.
Won't Enter Greece
Athens. Greece. Germany and
Bulgaria have given a written under
taking to Greece that their troops
Will not enter Navala, Drama and
Scrcs
Navala. Drama and seres are the
,lnost important towns I'm the part of
eastern Macedonia coded TO Greece
,at the close OF the Balkan wars.
Zeppclins S1lun Ireland.
Berlin. Germany Ireland is out
side the zone prescribed for Yep
peln attacks. So far as zeppelins
/ are concerned. ireland is not re-
sarted as enemy territory in the
ense that England and Scotland
ire, ami thc Emerald isle, for the
| present at least, will be as Gree from
| Icppelins as it is OF snakes
Peace Net Acceptable.
| London, England The German
| government has as yet shown no dis
position to agree to peace except on
| terms that would be intolerable on
| humiliaing to some OF the allies,
! ,aid Premier Asquith replying in the
house OF commons TO Sir William
Pollard Bylos, one of the little groul
| of peace advocates.
s.Thc suggestion of Dr. thinner
man German undcrsecrctary fol
foreign affairs. that the cutente is
influenced by amy pressure from
| Great britain is quite untrue, add
I'd the premier.
Asked further whether terms OF
4 my kind had been suggested Prem
ier Asquith replied: "Only whal
has been seen i'm the press nothin=
official