The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-07-20
RUSSIAN LOSSES $4,000
IN KILLED UP TO JULY 1

Berlin July Is, wireless to Sayvills),
According to official reports from Pc,
trograd," says the Ovearseas News
| agency, I'm the period between the be-
, ginning Of the Russian offensive and
July /, the number Of killed reached
1890 officers and 248,000 men. In
GLUED among the officers were II gen.
erals and 20 regimental commanders.
"Advices from Stockholm say that
the Russian finance minister, havinA
failed to obtain a loan from England
and France, undertook negotiations
which also failed. England declared
that tho cost Of the war to herself had
reached such a point that II had be-
come impossible to assist her allies. The
Russian newspaper Rech, commenting
on this situation, most violently insults
Americans for their 'egotism,' saying
that at last the mask of sympathy fol-
| the allies has been torn from their
faces"
London, July Herman line sec
| ond positions west Of Bazentin- La-P
tit wood have been captured by the
| British in q stormy attack, the war Of
flee announced today. The positions
| captured, in what the statement char
acterlzed as "a further important sue
| cess, extended over a front Of 1,50a
yards.
A strongly held position at Waterloo
farm, east Of Longueval, also was cap
| tured by the British, while the remain
ing strongholds Of the Germans in
Ovillers and La Boisselle also were
| taken.
The British today captured a Ger
| man trench In the neighborhoOd of Po-
Zieres.
The capture of the trench strength
ems the new British line in this vicinity,
| The British also cleared out nests of
German machine gun operators who
| had been holding out in cellars and
| behind barriCadeS in the ruins Of OWL
lers and La Boisselle.
Save Wounded Under Fire.
A total of about 100 officers and men
surrendered to the British, who had
steadily closed in upon them, using
| bombs and trench mortars, the Ger
| mans being short Of food.
| In an enormous cellar at Bazentin-
e-Petit the British found several hum
| dred wounded Germans who had taken
refuge. 1t was tragic business for the
| British litter bearers, bringing them
| back through the German shell fire
which was meant for the British re-
serves and gun positions. There were
cases where a litter bearer was wound
| ed and put on a stretcher, emptied
when a wounded German on it had
| been killed by the same shell. The
| bTlllSH unlll Ill WHO Hdu HOt
received a final wound In transit were
safe in the rear.
| A captured record OF a German bat
| talon shows that 800 Of It's membera
were killed or wounded by the British
| shell fire in the bombardment before
| the attack began.
| Through sultry Sunday, the British,
after withdrawing from High wood,
| continued to consolidate their new po-
sitions, while the Germans were equal.
| ly busy in digging in opposite them
and the artillery on both sides was acI
| tive.
Water food and ammunition must b
| carried forward over the shell pitted
| area Of the ground recently gained
Soldiers who have this task in hand are
| seen in the rear with the supplies and
! then, by some magic, disappear inta
| the earth or under cover and reappea1
where machine gun rattles against ma
| chine gun, and perspiring soldiers, their
mouths parched with dust, are diggin'
| and fighting.
The Anglo French advance has
| brought the allied troops where they
make junction to a point about a mild
| in front of COmbles, which, prior to
July |, when the offensive began, was
| the German headquarters on this Sec
| tor.
Watch French Move.
The British are keenly watching for
the next move on the French front,
| where comparative quiet still prevails.
/ The Germans are strongly placed on
the Somme above Peronne under the
protection Of the river and its marshy
banks.
The crossing Of the river by the
French will involve serious fighting,
| with probably heavy losses.
Possession of stretches of woodland
becomes as important in the lighting
| in Picardy as that of villages. The
Germanic defenders of Trones wood
had orders to stand to the last man,
and the orders were virtually obeyed.
Cases have been numerous in the
woods fighting where Brit0ns and Ger
mans have been pierced by each others
! bayonets. 1t is amazing that, in the