South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-18
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Gen. Kuropatkin of Russia
Japanese War Fame Leads
Attack Against German
Field Marshal.

LONDON. July 1s.-The successes
OF the entente allies are following
each other with great rapidly To-
day brought news Of further rapport
ant gains FOR them on both the wes-
tern and eastern fronts. arousing en-
thusiasm among the British public
hardly less than that caused by the
reception Of the first news Of the al
lied offensive.
The dispatch Of Gen. Sir Douglas
Haig today shows that the steady
pressure Of British arms is forcing
an ver-deepening salient into the
German lines. and the commander
in chief for the first time produces
evidence in the shape OF documents
captured from the Germans giving
testimony as 10 the high price the
Germans are paying i'm casualty
Take 1900 Yards OF Trench.
The British have improved their
position along almost the whole of
their line of the battle front. cap
turing by assault 1900 yards OF Ger
man second line positions north of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT wood,
strong German position at the Water
lot farm below Longueval and Quill
lemont. besides completing the cap
ture Of the whole of the village of
Ovillers La BOisseIle These gains
bring the British almost 10 the crest
Of the Albert plateau. where
stretches the German third line.
Russ Capture $4,000 Men.
The news from the eastern front
today was equally important. The
Russian commaa der. Gen. Kuropat-
kin. has launched an offensive
against Field Marshal Won linden
burg on the Ovina river. and Cen.
Linsingen's troops southwest Of
Lutsk have been compelled 20 retire
behind the Lipa river. while in the
course of Sundays lighting i'm Vol
hy-ia the Russians captured an ad-
ditional $4,000 prisoners and thirty
guns. Gen. Won Linsengen's retire
ment. according 10 the Petrograd
military critics. represents "A great
Russian tactical success. II was pre-
coded by heavy fighting in which the
Russians smashed the Teuton front
on a width of mile and penetrated
several miles into the positions.
Cost To- Britain Heavy.
The war now is costing Great Bri-
tain 5000. 900 pounds sterling daily.
but with such news as the successes
of the entente allies this sacrifice is
nowhere grudged While the pow
ers of. endurance of the Teutonic al
lies. should they be forced to act
entirely on the defensive, have still
To be tested the British nation is
full OF confidence. II is taking moth
ing for granted however but is
fully prepared 10 acquisce in the ad-
vice of its leading ministers. like
Foreign Secretary Gray and Chan
cellor of the ENchequer McKenna.
who are publicly exhorting the ma
ton TO the need OF patience Mr.
Mckenna told the house of com
mons today that nobody could esti-
mate what the nations war eXpendi-
ture might be a month ahead He
also intimated that il would become
necessary this week 10 ask parlia-
AAtAAA A0A AAEEA NOl AffN lllE UOMtI~s
Bad Weather i'm SOmmc
Bad weather has settled down over
the fighting front i'm France Hos
tiiities have virtually ceased for the
moment in the Somme region. where
the latest reports had credited to
the British additional large gains
against the Germans near the BaZen-
tin-Le-Petit wood in the vicinity Of
Longueval and at OvilIeTs-La-B Bots
selle Bonn bardments are i'm prog
ress near Souville in the Verdun
sector.
In local actions during the rain
and mist the British have captured
additional German prisoners In the
Somme region and brought their
total since July 1 up To 1S9 officers
and 1879 men OF other rank. In
addition. Il heavy and 1873 lighter
guns have fallen into British hands
during this period. not counting
many not yet brought I'm and others
destroyed by commandments.
Italians Repul>C Austrians.
Many attacks boy the Austrians
against the Italians in the upper
Posina valley proved unavailing in
bending back the hne OF the Italians.
who. IN a counter attack i'm which
there was hand-to-haud fighting. re-
pulsed the Austrtans over the entire
front. Failure likewise followed an
attempt Of the Austrians TO surround
the Italians in the Tovo valley. ac-
cording 10 Rome.
DR. PaNson has removed his den
tai office from 12O s Michigan St,