The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-23
SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS
Italians in Great British
and French Make Progress Against
Germans-Germans Have Started
What May Prove Big Offensive on

Germans-Germans Have Started
What May Prove Big Offensive on
Eastern Front
The great offensive of the Italians
from the region of Tolmino to the
head of the Adriatic sea is going on
despite the stubborn resistance of
the Austrians and the difficulty 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 Ger
mans and also have held, notwith-
standing most violent counter attacks,
all the ground won in recent fight
ing.
On the Eastern front, near the
important Russian port of Riga on
the Baltic, the Germans have start
ed what possibly may turn out to be
another big offensive land also are at
tacking 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
resulted in the capture of more than
13, 200 prisoners and 80 guns, and
gains of great Importance have been
made all along the line. Italian war
ships which are aiding in the attack
at the head of the gull Or Triest have
switched their guns from the battle
line and showered shells on Triest,
the big Austrian port, which is the
, objective of the Italians.
Admission is made by the Vienna
. war office Of victories of the -Itali-
: ans at several points south of Toll
mino and the capture of the town of
: Selo, near the head of the Adriatic
: but it is asserted that the offensive,
especially at Selo, cost the Italians
7 thousands of men killed or wounded!
in addition to more than $500 prison
l ers.
, Not only have the Canadians re-
2 pulsed all German counter attacks be-
| fore Lens, but they have taken ad-
5 ditional positions from the enemy in
! front of the important coal center
Near Ypres, in Flartders, the British
t have penetrated the German line to
Y a considerable depth. On both these
:, sectors furious fighting is still going
Y on.
: Tuesday night and Wednesday
: morning saw the German crown
prince delivering heavy counter at
S tacks against the newly won French
e positions northwest of Verdun
: where at several points the Ger
: mans succeeded in reentering them
It These positions, however, shortly af
: terward again were relinquished tt
S General Petain's men under fierce
r onslaughts. North ard northeast O.
d Verdun the Germans made similar
It attempts to recapture lost grount
1t but the artillery and rifle fire O.
t, the Frenchmen forced them to de
o sist. Wednesday afternoon foun'
s the Germans apparently cowed a
It a result Of their unrewarded efforts
e for their infantry kept to thei
it trenches and only the artillery was il
p action
l. More than 5000 Germans hav
S. been made prisoners during the thre
e days of fighting in the Verdun re
j, gion.
l. On the Aisne front the crow
1T prince still continues his attacks a
le various points along the Chemin de
& Danes and adjacent territory, bu
n nowhere has he been able to dent tn
1T French line.
10 East of Riga, between the Tirr
ID marshes and the River Aa, the Gel
d. EldnS III a new OlleISlVe nave IoICc
Il back the Russian advance guard
lie from one to two miles. They q
1r have begun bombardments to tn
y, southeast, near Dvinsk and in nortl
10 ern Galicia, near Brody and Tarnt
or pol, where the Russians are sti
maintaining their line, notwithstant
On ing the recent defections in the a
C. my which resulted in a forced r.
treat of the Russians in Galicia an
or Bukowina.
of Aerial bombinb roads of great il
ne tensity still are being carried out
IS British and French aviators ov'
N, German positions in Belgium and il
B. tensive air raiding also is in pro-
eli ress. Zeebrugge, the German su
n marine base in northern Belgium,
ne reported to have been heavily bonn
of ed again. In fights in the air Il
British Tuesday accounted for
,m1 German airships, but IL of their ov
ps machines failed to return to the
co- base.
III
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