New-York tribune., 1917-07-27
Berlin Claims Piercing of
Mile Front and Capture
of 1,150
petain's Troops
Gain in Champagne
Intense Gun Duel Is Un-
checked on the British
Front
DAYS DEVELOPMENTS

Russian retreat spreads to CarPa,hlan',
.b,re Kornilofs armies are Withdrawing
.,w,,d Czernowitz. Petrosrad admits
Luther retirement on Sereth River south of
T,,Oopol Decentralization, treason and
.,w,rJ;ee persist, despite revival Of death
o.,,ltv. and reported destruction Of fee
:, division bv Kornilofs orders. Some
.ri,, 6sh,ina bravely. Russo-Rumanians
,,n,ure 1000 prisoners and hfy-one guns.
Germans deliver powerful blow along
.,.,,rn end Of Chemin-des-Dames. claiming
,,;o Of more than a mile of dominating Po-
Ssops. Report l,l50 prisoners taken here
,,J in Champagne. Paris minimizes Ger
nan gains and reports some elements re-
captured.
Unprecedented artillery battle in Flanders
continues, slackening slightly toward evening.
London, July 26.-The French once
more to-day took up the burden Of
the heavy fighting an the west front
and absorbed another powerful blow
Of the Germans in a continuation of
the battle of the Chemin des Danes,
which for sanguinary and sacrificial
struggles has been unrivalled since
Verdun.
Berlin asserts that the French front
between Hurtebise and Bovelle, toward
the eastern end of the road, was pierced
on a front Of more than a mile, to a
depth Of 400 yards, while a second
stroke at Mont Maui, in the Champagne,
brought the total of prisoners captured
on the two fronts up to 1850 men.
Paris declares that both assaults were
rpused-that at Mont Maui complete
" and that on the Chemln des Danes
partially, with the Germans mastering
krst line trenches south of ALLIES, part
Of which were recaptured this AFTER
noon.
Though there was a slight slackening
4 the artillery battle in Flanders to-
,ght, apparently due to poor ooserVa-
ton conditions, it has reached new
heights in the last twenty-four hours'
Haig remains consistently silent on
this remarkable feature of the fighting.
but the German day report searches for
fresh superlatives 70 describe 1t.
Artillery Battle Rages
From the coast to the Lys," affirms
the statement, 1T continues to rage
with undiminished intensity, and on
several occasions has increased TO
drum-fre." British thrusts, declare
the Germans. have had no success
though repeated at many points. The
minor British defeat Of yesterday eas'
Of Monchy is credited to the fam1
,hrowers. and the gains are said TO
have been held against two counter
stacks. Haig has nothing to report
except a successful raid at Armen-
tsres. At Lens the concentrated gun
Ere is developing anew.
The German report asserts that posi-
tons northwest of Hurteblse, on the
ladies' Road, were seized on a hlgh
ridge and held against several futile
counter attacks. Paris conveys the I'M
preston that the German gains were OF
10 consequence and declares that, while
he attack was delivered over two
nile front, il achieved little success.
Imposing forces" SAYS the French re-
ypr, awere used by the Crown Prince,
but they worked forward only after
unhssrd-of efforts and very great
buses"
The attack at Mont Haut, declares
Paris, lasted all night long, but the
'ismy was brought 70 standstill
Uerywhere, the French maintaining
heir lines wholly. Berlin insists that
Al the French gains of July II on the
addle between the two heights were
iseonquered. While the Germans were
struggling a. this point Petain's men
attacked near Auberive, crossed sys--
vm Of unoccupied hostile trenches and
burst into the enemy's support lines,