Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-02
Britons And French Also
 Wade 5 Miles Into Teuton
 Lines After Days Of She'll
 ing At Verdun
"CRAND OFFENSIVE"
 IMPRISONS THOUSANDS
Progress Reported By En- tente Over 25 Mile Front. Italians And Russians Con- tinue To Win
(5y Review Leased Wire.

LONDON. July 1-The British and French troops. thrown forward in grand offensive against the German lines on both sides Of the river Som me. SO miles north of Paris. have pen etrated at one point tO a depth of five miles. taken several villages and cap tured labyrinth Of trenches extend ing to depth of 1000 yards over front of seven miles. The drive. the most spectacular in his region since the British captured Loos last Sep tember. began Saturday morning. sf- ter the German trenches had beer bathed in a hail of shells from guns of every calibre for days. Progress has been reported along the entire front of about 20 miles.
 British Gain Big.
 The greatest success gained by the British was on the right. In the cen ter they captured what are designated in the official report as many strong points. along a front of four miles But north of Aisne Valie to GOmm.- court. powerful counter attacks by tue Germans have resulted in forcing tbe
  of the ground gained in their first onslaught. The town of Albert was the starting point of one of the ferc est thrusts the British advancing from east of the town 10 Montabaum. more than five miles away Besides MOntabaum. and Serre. the villages Of Hebuterne LaBoiselle and Mamtsz have been captured
 2ooo Germans Taken.
 Two thousand German prisoners have been captured through the Brit ish collecting stations
 French Capture $500.
 Incorporated with the British. the French initiated a strong offensive south of the SOmme- They captured four villages and north of that river they established themselves in the ne;ghborhOod of Hsrdecourt and Cur In. The number of German priSonets taken by the French had reached 35Ge I'D to the time of the sending of the last official report
 Thisumor. :a French Hands.
 The recapture of The famous Thia- rWont work by the French also has hSen effected This important strate- eic point has chansed hands several tines and around it many thousands of men have fallen
 In the Trent'nO. the Italians con tinue to advance along the entire Posa- nj line and in the Arsa valley Artil- lery bOmbardments mark the action oR the rest of the AuStrO-Italian front.
 Teutons Take lutsk.
 While the Russians report progress south of the Dneister river in Galicia. the Austro-Germans claim the capture of Russian works west and northwest of Iutsk. especially in the vicinity Of Sokul. Volhynia.
 Russia Gain Four Villages
 Maintaining their drive against the Austrians in Gslicia in the region of kolOmea. the Russians have csptured many villages. Northwest of kimpO- lung Bukowina. the Russians already are in the mountains and they report the seizure of several Strons positions
 Attacks of Germa. troops in the rt eiCa of the LipS river Were repulSed with heavy .loss~s. I-e,rogra6 asserts.
 Russians Take 2f7oOo.
 The German troops under General von Linsingen have taken Russian pc sitiOns west of KOikia and southwest of Sokul Fighting is in progress southwest of Lutsk. General von Lin singens forces since June IS. havs caDtured 26 officers and 4l65 men. Pc trosrad reports the number of prison CTS taken from June to June 90. ir-