Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
GERMANS IN LOSING
FIGHT WITH FRENCH
GEN PETAIN'S TROOPS GAIN
GROUND FROM FOE IN TE-
TON AND CHAMPAGNE.
RUSSIANS HELD BACK BY RAIN
Teutons Hurry Support to Faltering
Austrians in Galicia and Show
Some ffensive-Turks Driven
From Strongholds.


the Chemin des Danes and in Cham
payne have come together in mighty
struggles in which the advantage has
rested mainly with the forces of Gen.
Petain.
In Champagne to the north of Mont
Haul and northeast of the Teton the
French in violent attack captured
powerfully organized German trench
elements on front of more than 800
yards and to depth of more than
300 yards, and held and consolidated
the positions Notwithstanding heavy
counter-attacks in which the Ger
mans suffered heavy casualties and
lost in addition $50 men made pris-
Oner.
Germans Make Furious Attacks.
Along the Chemin des Danes the
Germans west of Cerny, Saturday
night, after heavy artillery prepare
ton, threw heavy forces against the
French line. The battle waged back
and forth throughout the night, but
although the Germans broke through
the French line at several points,
daylight saw them completely evicted
from the front line trenches, about
office claims the capture of $50 pris-
oners in the fighting.
Although rain and swollen streams
are initiating against the fast pros
ecution of the Russian offensive in
Galicia, the troops of General Bus
siloff nevertheless have driven the
Austrians from positions southwest
of Kalusz and taken more than 1000
prisoners and a number of guns. APP
parently the Austro-German lines are
stiffening as the result of the arrival
of requirements, for Petrograd re-
cords the repulse of attacks along
the Dobovdiany-Novica front and says
that the enemy has gone on the Of
fensive along the Lomnica river near
Perzhinsko and is stubbornly resist
ing the Russians on the Slivkliasen
sector.
The Russians near Van in Turkish
Armenia have driven the Turks from
several positions.
1t is not improbable that Rumania
again may soon become an important
theater in the war, as the Berlin Of
! fetal communication announces that
an increase in artillery activity at
} various points is noticeable.
Teutonic Allies Suffer.
Again the Teutonic allies have suf
fered reverses-in the loss to the Rus.
| SLAMS of part of the village of Lod
: ziany, in the Lomnica river region OF
Galicia; in the repulse by the Russians
l of an attack northeast of Kalusz, and
in the champagne region Of France
: where the French drove them from
: positions they had recaptured, inflict
Z ing heavy casualties.
From Riga on the Baltic sea to the
: Rumanian frontier the Russians and
: Austro- Germans are engaged in bat
3 tie, but except in Galicia, where the
! Russians continue to develop their ad
8 vantage or hold back thrusts Of the
Teutons, little has yet become known
concerning the operations.
Not alone have the Russians in theil
> drive in Galicia made considerable
gains of terrain, but their captures Of
men, guns and material have been en-
ormous. From July l to July 10, &C
= cording to a Russian official commu
nication, 36,643 officers and men OIL
the Teutonic allied armies have beer
= made prisoner by General Grussiloff's
. forces and SO heavy and light guns
% trench mortars, 403 machine guns
and 81 guns of other descriptions have
been taken