The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-18
THIRD GERMAN lIn
HEAVILY BA1l[||[
BY BRITISH GUNS
Heavy Rains Interfered NJ ~
rally Yesterday With Ops
rations In Picardy
MORE RUSSIANS
LAND TO HELP FRENCH
While Germany l. Reported l.
Be Training Eight Divisions
Of Turks to Reinforce Her
Depleted Ranks

Depleted Ranks
London, July 17.--ln q drtvine
storm which IL still sweeping across
the battlefield. the British have
driven their Albert salient deeper into
the German front and, tonight. ara
battering against the crest Of tho great
plateau across which the two w~ak9
battle has been fought On this high
ground stretches the German third
lsystem of defenses, immensely strong.
The British heavy batteries. broueh4
up with tremendous dimcu1ty a0ro9D
the mArshy terrain hAve opened =
powerful hre against the Teuton Don.
tons. During the stormy night TIL
British brought sharp halt 70 tn
lcountcr-ofensive which the oeTmaSu
were developing by strong blow II
the sector northwest Of Baxent1mo u
Petit forest
After an artillery bombatdmon1
which cut the wires before the rain-
Allied trenches OF the Germans. tn
British advanced to tho attack on
mile front. Across the storm-sWspt
terr;Vn, which in places wAs hide
more than bog the English troops
I
and on practically the whole front 81
attack seized the positions which wore
their objective. The German trenches
were carried for = distance Of 1,x1e
yards. This success gave the Britain
complete control Of the German go
ond line Ia this region.
Strike Another Strong How.
At about the same time another
strong blow was struck east Of LOn-
gueval. whore the strongly fortt6ed
water lot farm. small hamlet, ten
into British handle During the night
the last German was driven froU
Ovillers and LAboiselle villages 81. the
| British left flank where for ten days
the fighting had been without &C.,
ton.
General Sir Douglas Haig had ~
first word to say today on the Ioeso4
which the Franco British ofkena1vo ~
costing the Germans. NO ostlmn&G
| the probable casualties was ma64 NU&
the Communicated chief removed nj
doubt that they are serious and stead
| lily increases by drafting into his re-
port documents obtained from wound
ed and crispners. describing the 4
| carnage wrought in the German ranks
by the British fire and steel
Bombartiment Continues.
While the fog and storm today
made too hazardous 0irther infantry
attacks, the British artillery kept IN
It's terrific bombardment Of the Ger
man front. where for the last wesh
the British have been concentrafine
their IRE on Picardy. the bomnar6-
ment has now wtdened out until thA
entire front from the Ancre 70 the -
u being pounded with the heavy
shells Tho extent and fury Of the
battery fire II taken to indicate that
far from combining themselves to 4
tdetached operation at one point tn
British are about to launch : nsw
drive further to the west.
| Emperor Saw Latest Advance
Dispatches from Beslin indicate
that the latest British success wno
witnessed BY Emperor wilhelm htm-
self. ThA Kaiser II authoritAtivelx ~
ported to have gone to the 8omma
front FOR conference with his COM
manders. He u believed to have ar
rived In time to bs present during the
night attack which enabled the Britt
tsh 70 press further 70 the east az
Bazentins le Petit
Berlin mentions only local llghtip9
In its report on the Picardy opera.
tons today. But the grand headquar.
ters make special mention % tho
power OF the British bonn bardment on
the western part " the front.
Both allies aud Germans are rust-
ing reinforcements to the west. ae.
tcording to dispatches reaching here
tonight. 4 II here that the war WIN
Be decided. oficiais now ars satisnsd.
ana every sinsw b being strained t.
gain the upper hand IN men and guns.
Coming again to the Ala Of her ellies.
Russia IL sending fresh hcrdes % an
the gApa in France. N large force
landed at Brest today. according 70
dispatches from Parta u being the