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mines June Z, the noise being heard IN
London. They captured 5000 prison
ers the first day of the offensive and
many others later.
French Gain Hills.
Below the sector Of the German re
tirement the French were equally sue
cessful. On April 16 they started q
great offensive which resulted in the
dominating Ladies' road" falling into
their hands, besides important posi-
tons in Champagne. Their prisoners
the first two days totalled 1900. On
May 6, along the Aisne, they took 6,lOO
captives. and gained points from Which
they looked down on the foe, as the
British did farther north.
It should be noted here, however,
that the French losses were severe,
resulting in the replacement Of Nivelle
as commander in chief by Petain.
The last t~welvemonth in the Italian
campaign has witnessed q series OF
costly reverses for the A%ustrians, but
the Italians have been prevented from
following up their successes by the
very difficult terrain, the beaten leu
tons falling back after eech defeat to
new mountain positions most difficult
to attack. :sL'a-
italians Take Gorilla.
On August s, 1916, the Italians
stormed the %stubbornly defended Co
rizia bridgehead, on the Isonzo river,
taking about 10000 prisoners, and
they followed this success the next
day by Selling the city of Gorilla and
increasing the number Of their cap
tives.
The Italians launched a new offeh-
sive the first days of November and
on November 5 they announced thai
their prisoners since the fall Of Go
rizia totaled 1895.
Winter then stifed operations until
May Is, when the Italians returned
to the attack in the Carso, aiming at
Trieste. On May IS the haul Of Aus
trian prisoners was announced to be
e.432. The offensive was renewed May
%, 5000 prisoners being taken the
first day. On May 26 Italy stated she
had taken 22,414 prisoners since
May IA.
The last operations left the Italians
in an unfavorable terrain and the Aus
trians counter-attacked successfully,
inhicting important losses, but not
driving back the invaders to any great
extent. The Italians apparently set
tied down to organize the conquered
soil in preparation for a new blow.
In the Balkans.
In the Balkans the deadlock con-
tinues, but what changes there have
been have favored the allies. At the
west end Of the lines the gallant Ser
bans last winter fought their way
back on their own soil, and with the
help of other troops took Monastir.
King Constantine Of Greece gave up
the forts of Kavala to the Bulgarians
and the Germans took about 10000
Greek soldiers to SileSia as guests"
For this and other acts favoring the
Germans he lost his throne. Greece
is now building up a new army OF
100000 men, which will probably soon
be fighting for the cause Of democracy
! under the leadership of the great pa
triot, Venizelos.
The Italians have increased their
forces in Albania and built excellent
communications through the noun
tainS, forming a junction with Sarrairs
left and securing this end Of the Bal
kan line.
When the marshes froze there was
a sharp Russian offensive last winter
near Riga. Otherwise, the coast front
lay dormant for many months, and
during the revolution "f~raternizing"
was rife between the opposing armies.
Then the Russians, having put their
house in order, set out to show the
kaiser that free men can fight better
than slaves.
The sectors selected for attack lay
between the Pinsk marshes and the
Carpathians, the same as last summer.
Successes were scored at several
points, the prisoners by July II num-
bering $4,000. The greatest advance
was near Stanislaus, from which city
Korniloff's men advanced across a
series Of rivers, capturing Halicz and
Kalucz and sabering and bayoneting
the beaten Austrians.
Russian Drive PIeases.
The unexpected "come back" over
;joyed the allies and filed the Russians
at home with martial enthusiasm.
The Turks suffered severe defeats
in the course Of the year at several
points. The British splendidly re-
trieved their reputation in Mesopo-
tamia by recapturing Kut-el-Amara.
On March IL they took Bagdad. They
continued several scores Of miles fur
Their on and also formed a junction
with the Russians northeast Of Bag
dad.
( Farther north the Russians held on
to their more important gains-the