The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-08-23
FRENCH SCORE
GAIN At VEROUN
Capture Strong Osfenses on
Eleven Mile Front.
German Defense Lines Are Penetrat-
ed at Numerous Points by French
on Both sides Of the River Msuse
-over 1000 Prisoners Taken.

on Both Sides Of the River Meuse
-over 1000 Prisoners Taken.
London, Aug. 21.-French troops
scored smashing victory on
the verdun front, according to the Of
fetal report issued by the Paris war
Office. The French have captured the
enemy defenses on both sides Of the
River Meuse over q front Of more
than eleven miles, penetrating the
German line at numerous points to a
depth Of a mile and quarter. More
than 1000 unwounded German pris-
oners already have been taken.
A dispatch to the Temps says that
in one hour and twenty minutes the
first French objective had been at
tanned and German prisoners were
passing to the rear. The artillery
preparation for the attack ended at
4:40 o'clock In the morning when the
troops opened the assault between
Avocourt wood and Beonvaux.
mo adjectives can give an idea Of
the Internal action Of the artillery
which lasted three days." says tie
dispatch" Hill 304, Dead Mans Hill
and Talou Ridge were plowed up CON-
pletely by the French fire and the
enemy was obliged to abandon his
first line. The attacking columns
pressed forward from trench to trench
capturing a number Of defense lines. =
The Italians have won q brilliant
success in the opening phase Of their
new offensive on a thirty-seven-mila
front from the region Of Tolmino to a
point near the Adriatic. Rome re-
ports that the Italians already have
captured 1900 prisoners and have ef'
fected q new crossing Of the lsonzo
river.
Italians Fighting Hard.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph company from Copenhagen says
that, according to report received
| from Austria, the battle now raging
on the Isonzo front OF the Austro1tal
ian theater is characterized as the
most violent ever fought there. The
advices add that 1t is believed by the
Austrians and Germans that the Ital
ians are making an attempt to break
through to Triest.
A colossal number Of new guns
have been brought into the fight, fol
which the Italians had been prepar
ing for weeks. Italian avtators
dropped proclamations over the Aus
trian lines saying that the lombard
ment will be continued for many
hours.
Northwest of Lens amidst the
trenches and railway cuttings which
form the last line of German defense
in that quarter. the Canadians have
succeeded in establishing strong post
in a special trench which was the
scene of desperate and indecisiv'
lighting two days ago.
These new posts give command o
the last bit Of ground from which thu
defenders of the city could overlook
the advance from the west. They arr
now in a hollow all around the from
WHICH bWihBb obooe A~SsS -
circle form.
The eastern exits from the city ar
now subjected to constant and har
RAISING fire of the artillery and ma
chine guns. This makes the bring
ing up of provisions and supplies o
ammunition very difiicult-
The Avion front was strongly hell
by the Germans as protection to Sal
laumines, q large mining viilag'
southeast OF Lens. where many gun
withdrawn from the German forwar'
area to escape capture are now 10
Gated.
German prisoners speak with bitter
ness Of seeing their guns In process
of withdrawal while the infantry wa
sent forward with insufficient artil
lery support. The loss OF guns still
appears to be more important In tn
eyes of the German commanders thai
the loaa of men