Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-03
ARE AGAIN FIGHTING
ON VERDUN FIELD
TEUTONS LAUNCH SERIOUS AS.
sAULTs WITH PICKED FORCES
ON SCENE OF DEFEATS.
ALLIE NOW DOWN GERMANS
Russians Appear Ready to Resume
Active Operations-Attack Is Near
Italians Evacuate Part of
Agnelo Pass-British Gain.

The scene of heaviest fighting on
the western front is now the Verdun
sector. Over the same ground on
which they met with such a serious
check at the hands of the French last
year the Germans are making serious
assaults with picked forces.
For the most part their efforts have
been nullified by the French, but the
Germans succeeded in retaining some
conquered ground on the west slope
of Dead Mans hill.
On the Aisne front also the Ger
mans are on the offensive. They at
tackled Saturday night near Cerny
and Corbeny, meeting with a devas-
tating French fire which all but an
initiated their storming attachments.
Northeast of Cerny they succeeded
in gaining a salient, which had been
leveled by artillery fire.
Whether these operations marked
the resumption of a sustained offens-
i've by the Germans is not yet clear
The official German statement mere
ly mentioning the capture of 500 me
tiers of trench line east of Hill 304
and of several French lines south OF
La Boville farm on the Aisne front
Russians Prepare Attack.
There are indications of return
of active operations on the Russian
front. The German war office reports
that the Russians. apparently influ
enced by pressure, exerted by theil
allies, are maintaining a strong line
over the front of 40 miles in eastern
Galicia, and that a Russian attacl
evidently is imminent.
Agnello pass, which the Italian,
captured recently in their advanc,
, on the front below Trent, has beef
evacuated. Rome announces that tn,
Italian advanced force has been with
drawn on account of the prolonged
and violent bombardment of the Aus
TRANS, but that the Italians still he'll,
the eastern end of the pass.
British Make Progress.
= The official reports from British
headquarters read:
> Our troops again made progress
during the day south of Lens an,
captured a portion of the enemy
! trench system in this area with a fey
prisoners.
D Five German airplanes were sho
! down Saturday and four others wer
driven down out of control. One OIL
g er enemy machine was shot down b
Y fire from the ground. One of our all
+ planes is missing"
Battle of Lens Continues.
Canadian Headquarters, France
;, The drive south and west of Len
. continued with undated vigor Sur
day. During the night our troops OF
Grating in the region east of Resel
voir hill, supported by a cannonad
: of great intensity, pushed forwar
. 700 yards beyond the point reache
, Thursday They encountered stron
= opposition, especially on the left flan
to the north of the city, and wer
" unable to maintain the extreme poir
,, of their advance.
t. Russians Aggressive.
l. The soldiers of new Russia hay
). assumed the aggressive. For tn
s first time since the revolution la
y March Russian troops have begun a
d attack on an extensive scale Alon
L front of 1871 miles in the region I
n Brzezany, Galicia, Russian trooI
s have stormed the German position
1t Berlin says the Russians suffere
IS heavy losses and were compelled
e retire before the German fire. TT
d attack was made in the section sout
70 east of Lemberg, where the artillei
IS firing has been heavy recently