Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-12
BRITISH CAPTURE
EIGHT MILES Of
GERMAN FRONT
British Report Recapt. u
, Nearly ALI of Tro-
Northern Part I'D
Their Hands.
WIN ON MEUsE
German Forces Succeed in
German Forces Succeed in
loup Battery.
RUSS TROOPS REPULsEr

London, July 1.-THE capture o.
the whole of the Germans first sys
TEN of defense on a front of l4,00(
yards (nearly eight miles) after ter
days and nights of continuous fight
ling, is announced in the official report
from British headquarters in France
The number of prisoners taken ex'
ceeds 7,500.,
London, July 1.-THE British TO-
day recapturcd nearly the whole oi
the Trones wood, the war office an.
nounced tonight. The northernmost
end of the wood is again in British
hands.
Paris, July 11.-While calm pre-
vailed on both sides of the Somme,
according to the official communica-
ton issued by the French war Office
tonight, heavy fighting occurred on
the right bank Of the Meuse, in the
Verdun sector, German forces sue
ceeded in gaining footing in the
Damloup battery and in some sections
of the French line in the Fumin wood
Berlin, July 1l.-(Via London.)-
Russian troops advancing in the di'
rection of Kovel have been beaten
back by the Germans in counter at
tack near Hulewicze, south Of the
Sarnyovcl railroad. The Germans
captured three machine guns.
The announcement follows:
Near Hu1ewicze we drove back
the enemy beyond his position by a
strong counter attack. The enemy
lost more than 700 prisoners and
three machine guns.
"Our aerial squadrons dropped
bombs on troops detraining near
Horodzieja, on the Baranovichi.
Minsk railroad. They also repeated
their attacks on Russian shelters east
of the Stokhod. In aerial encoun-
ters one enemy machine was shot
down near Worontszca, east of Zirin
and another westof Okonsk.
"a detachment OF chasseurs of the
army group of General Won Bothmer
engaged in a successful fight south
of Burkanow Wood and brought
back few dozen prisoners"
Attacks in West Repulsed.
Repeated attacks by the British and
French troops on the Somme front
have failed to win the German po-
sitions against which they were di-
rected, says the war office announce
ment today. 1t follows:
Between the Ancre and the Somme
the British launched attacks with
strong forces during the afternoon
and night. Over wide front on
both sides of the Bapaume-Albert
road and northwest of this road they
were shot down before the attack
came to close fighting. East Of the
road stubborn fighting developed on
the south fringe of the village OF
Contalmaison and on the fringe OF
Mametz wood.
Repeated attempts by the enemy
to recapture Trones Wood failed,
with heavy and sanguinary losses. He
also lost 100 prisoners"
South of the Somme a vigorous
attack by French black troops against
La Maisonette height was met by an
overpowering fire. The few colored
troops which penetrated our lines fell
at the point of German bayonets or
were taken prisoners.
"As a result of counter attacks yes
terday against Barleaux FIVE officers
and l47 men remained in our hands.
There was important artillery Tight
ing throughout the whole sector. Our
curtain of fire checked all attempts
by the enemy to attack between Bel
10y and Hardecourt.
Every likely artillery duels oc-
CURED in the region of the Meuse.
On the remainder of the front there
was increased artillery action at
places. The enemy made several un-
successful gas attacks. Patrol and re-
connoitering detachments of our enc
mics were repulsed everywhere. Near
Leintrey, in Lorraine, a German de-
tachment, after an extensive mine ex-
penetrated badly damaged
French position and took sixty men
prisoners. South of Lusse some
prisoners were brought in by patrol.
There was great activity in the
aerial service and numerous encoun-
tiers occurred in which the enemy lost
two machines on the Somme and two
west of Vouziers. A British biplane
was shot down by anti-aircraft guns
near Courcelette, on the Bapaume-