Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-23
BATTLES RAGING
ON ALL FRONTS
British, French and Italians Are
Pressing Teutonic Allies
Hard.
COUNTER ATTACKS FAIL.
italian Offensive Has Resulted in Oar.
ture Of $4,000 Prisoners, 80 Guns
and Important Territory.

The great offensive Of the italians from
the region Of Tolmino to tbs head of the
Adriatic sea is progressing. despite the
stubborn resistance of the AUe'..''''e and
the difYiculty Of the terrain.
Meanwhile, the British and French
forces in Belgium and on the sectors of
Lens and Verdun in France again have
made progress against the Germans and
have also held. Notwithstanding most
violent counter attacks. all the ground
they won In recent fighting.
On the eastern front near the impor-
tant Russian port Of Riga on the Baltic
the Germans have started what possibly
may turn out to be another big offensive
and also are attacking the Russian lines
to the southeast in the vicinity Of
Dvinsk and further south near Brody
and Tarnopol in northern east Galicia.
Already the Italian offensive has re-
suited in the capture Of more than 1900
prisoners and 30 guns and the gains Of
great Importance have been made all
along the line. Italian warships which
are aiding In the attack at the head Of
the gulf Of Triest have switched their
guns from the battle line and showered
shells upon Triest, the big Austrian port,
The Vienna war Office admits victories
Of the Italians at several points south
Of Tolmino and the capture of the town
Of Selo. near the head of the Adriatic,
but asserts that the offensive, especially
at Selo. cost the Italians thousands of
men killed or wounded. in addition to
more than $500 prisoners:
Not alone have the Canadians repulsed
all German counter attacks before Lens.
but they have taken additional positions
from the enemy in front of the important
coal center. Near Ypres in Flanders. the
British have penetrated the German line
to n considerable depth. On both these
sectors furious fighting is still going on.
the combatants frequently coming to-
gether In hand-to-hand encounters.
Tuesday night and Wednesday morning
saw the German Crown Prince deliver
ing heavy counter attacks against the
newly won French positions northwest of
Verdun, where at several points the Ger
| mans succeeded in re-entering them.
These positions. however. shortly af.
terwards again were relinquished to
General Petain's men under firece on
slaughts. North and northeast Of Ver-
dun the Germans made similar at
tempts to recapture lost ground. but
he artillery and rife fire of the French
| men forced them to desist. Wednesday
afternoon found the Germans apparent
\ ly cowed as a result Of their unreward-
ed efforts, for their infantry kept to
their trenches and only the artillery
| was in action.
More than 5000 Germans have been
made prisoners during the three days
of fighting in the Verdun region.
On the Aisre front Crown Prince
William still continues his attacks at
various points along the Chemin Des
Danes and adjacent territory, but no.
| where has he been able to dent the
| French line.
East of Riga, between the Tirul
marshes and the River Aa, the Ger
| mans in a new offensive have forced
| back the Russian advance guards from
| one to two miles. They also have be-
gun bombardment to the southeast near
| Dvinsk and in northern Galicia near
Brody and Tarnopol where the Russians
are still, maintaining their line not.
withstanding the recent detection in
the army which resulted in forced re-
| treat Of the Russians in Galicia and
Bukowina.
Aerial bombing raids Of great inten-
sity are still being carried out by Brit
ish and French aviators over German
positions in Belgium and intensive air
fighting also is in progress. Zeebruggc.
the German submarine base in north =
| ern Belgium. Is reported to have been
| heavily bombed again. In fights in the
air the British Tuesday accounted for
II German airplanes but ~ OF their
own machines failed to return to their
base.