New-York tribune., 1917-07-01
s.;,e Strip a Mile Deep
in Neighborhood
of City
c.rnan Evacuation
Relieved Impending
u.;s. Bulletin Suggests
Occupation of Wetan
Front Trenches
NAYS DEVELOPMENTS

C.,.dians advance "n ''''
I.ti,m,o depth Of mile taking Po-
'''" e q great strength and strategic I'M
JUN Berlin bulletin fails to mention
s,btns around Lens. -.
oman, pierce French lines again at t
c.,,v south Of Laon, and at Hill 3O4 and
o..J G Man Hill, in Verdun sector axe
sa Us'I prisoners at latter point Paris admits
' '.r.,, ,y.cu.te most of Asnello Pass in
r..s,o. sacrificing gains made in drive tor
Trsut r C,Ic;a
- =, Ere Of destruction. Berlin
-, German public for general Kus-
L.0,, Russians seize mountain top
60 Turk, near Persian border,
"V sli,n;,b.. and cannonade on Balkan
'front.'
,.aor June 3O.-British troops have
,..ncsd on a four-mile front, seizlns
.,r;n Of commanding ground a mile
deep in the immediate neishO0rnooa .Sa %
r..p ,. .ccording to a report from the
W. oHee issued here to-day.
Later to-day, additional German
...n.bs, were absorbed in the con-
.;,n.d advance and few more prison
srs were captured.
General Haig's bulletin IS so "olueu
:, 10 suggest that German eyyaeuauoh
:; ,Ss French coal centre and Its sur
v.,nS;ng territory is impending
strongly organized systems u ~
4 fence on both banks OF lhe oo"t, San,-
River. which the Germans n@'c -orrd
ned 10 food the neighooring Gouoiu' ~
we're occupied and all the brItisn Uo
is,tives were gained WIN 0OHPa ,It ~
Il ,v~ht loss TO themselves. ne Diie
T., rommunique describes these ~
;sr.;yes as positions OF great strens'n
"a tactical strategic importance
@Tacticar importance wouIu ihpiiEs
.h.. q further advance upon Lens itseII
,rnrId he facilitated. Strategic I'M
SUs,c or.srce carries the suggestion OF a
more farreachiug occupation OF ehenly
territory. possibly to the front trehcnTIII MI
~ Tho Wotan line, which runs wen
bsek of Lens, or even deeper
British Advance Easy
euL,;-- evidently was not OF the
,.r,e Intensive nature as that on 'he
srnr,. held bv Petain's troops anu
80 ;s hirs IN the relatively easy
hody Of the enemy may be wlthuIaW ~ :
uIsm sul lsql pe3uIq osle 9Aet 1+oo S-041 1''
.pysu uslpsuBO 10 slu9puous '~-o1 49,, g
.susT SulpueJ9p eIs ouols sp.C,,I ,,,,@I
yssI usmIso oql ,Bg} oousApe 4s!+.] d
fron the city. II Is significant 700,
tbst though the British have registeIeu
,hs;r greatest territorial gain since the
Wvtsebaete-Messines ridge, IN fiah'
GERS. was stormed, there rs not even
reference in the German war once
bulletin 70 the operations around Lens
II Is clear that the Canadians nave
penetrated 20 the vital elements ci Vh'
German defence in their southern ap'
prOdCl UPON lilF N4Nss - /,
ported yesterday 70 be half way tnrougi
lvion, which is practically a suburb o.
Lens, and less than half mlle pc
yond which intersect three of the -four
nail lines upon which the German
forces in the city depend for their sup
ply. II the British take this RAJ
way junction the enemy would be
cot Of entirely from Douai, which i,
Hindenburg's base in this area, ana
would have 20 depend upon Lille, whicn
is considerably further away. obvious
ly, Lens would become untenable for a
lighting army.
The three great military centres on
that portion OF the Western front held
By the British and Belgians to which
General Haig's strategy is now direct
ing the attention Of the world are Dix
nunde, Menin and Douai. To-day s
news concerns Douai, as German
evacuation Of Lens would throw Hin
dsnburg almost Immediately upon