The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
SUNDAY SCENE
OF SLAUGHTER
ATCHANPAGNE
Teuton and GauI Claim Vic
tories in Frighting
GAIN GROUND
Austrians Continue to Give Ground
and Russians Take Thousand
Prisoners.

London, July 15.-Slaughter Of the
fercest kind marker another sabbath
on the Franco-German front The de-
parting sun saw the Chemins des
DANES bathed in new torrents of
blood the slopes of the Champagne
heights dotted with new hillocks of
bodie:
4 frghtful battle was fought
throughout the night and all day. The
Teutons emerged yictors on the
Road Of the Ladies' the French in
the Champagne The respective gains
on these widely separated fronts curl
ously counterbalance each other
The French gain-on a width
OF 500 metres and a depth OF 800
metres; they took 800 prisoners
The German gain-On a width
of 1900 metres and depth Of
500 metres; they took $50 prison
ers
Paris says the Teuton assault of
the Chemin des Danes was only part
ly successful, violent French counter
attacks having elected the Crown
Princes troops from all but a few
elements OF trenches on a 500 metres
front.
Berlin does not concede the reverse
in the Champagne, declaring the
French attack was beaten off.
The French official communique H.
lustrates the terrible character OF the
lighting on the highway below Leon.
The Germans selected the French sail
ent just west OF Cerny, eight miles
northwest of Leon, for a series of on
launched with powerful electives and
aided by the use of liquid fire Very
violent fighting continued all night
with alternate advances and retire
ments,' says the Paris statement.
The advance of the poilus north OF
High Mountain and on the slopes
northest of the Teton is described by
The French war Office as a brilliant
piece Of dash and determination
Conducted with exceptional yisor,
the official account says, the attacks
were successful in attaining all the
objectyes"
\ powerfully organized network Of
German trenches was captured and
held against Teuton counter.attacks
which many times developd into ter
Iifc hand to.hand carnage Nine Of
licers were among the prisoners TAX
en-. The French 75's saw to il that
no large reserve bodies c0uld be Or
ganized by the Germans TO come Ia
the relief of their hard pressed com
rades Wherever such auxiliary troops
were gathering behind the German
line they We're taken under the anni
hilating fire Of General Petains guns
There was heavy gunhrc on the
Verdun front, interspersed with recon
notering actions.
| The Austrians have again gone
down in defeat before the iIresistibl,
onrush of General Komilo6's army II
Galicia They made heroic efforts {,
stem the Muscoite tide. But all tn,
counterattacks which they iauncle,
in the face of the withering lire werl
of no avail They lost new ground
more prisoners and paid for their fu
title attempts with fearful sacrifices o
life
| The new battles tool, place south
west of Kalusz, the important tow
| twenty-three miles west of Sanislar
| which the Russians captured few
days ago. Eighteen miles below thi
point around Lodzlany, General Koi
nilofrs troops took 1000 prisoners
Further northward on the Bohorodci
any-Novica line, they took GOO. o
both fronts the Austrians were press
: ed further back Several heavy sun
were taken by the yictors.