The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-11
TEU1ONS PIERCE
LINES Of ENEMY
FOR 500 YARDS
Offensive Aimed at Capture Of
Dunklrk Indicated,
BRIDGES ARE DESTROYED
Fall Of HalIcz Opens Russian
Way to Lemberg,
Associated Prsss War Summary

Associated Prsss War Summary.
Just a. the Russians In the esat have
torn . big gap in the Aus,ro. .GSfmsa
lines IN Galicia. captured HAlics sNd
hurried toward Lembers, the CslieiaA
capital. the Gcrmans. on me westsyo
front have started . menacing offensive
near the Belgian coast
Dunkirk May Be Objective.
This .n,ovement, while Il may turn
out TO be nothing but 4 local effort OF
something with which the British can
cope after the shock Of the first thrust
has been met, nevertheless, indicates
the possibility of a determined st(smpl
10 bend back the British flank On u
Belgian coast end reach the French city
OF Dunkirk about seventeen miles dis
tant
The Germans succeeded In their mi.
tial push by ieveling the defenses
through an intense bombardment for
tweniy-four hours and then stacking
laN evening over the devastated ground,
The bridge, aero. the User were de.
,troyed by the heavy fire and 'he send.
ing up OF reinforcements was found i'm.
possible, Thus a penetration 900 yarde
deep on a front Of l.+0O yards was sf.
fected the Germans pushing o. far %
the east bank OF the User near the
North Sea, Berlin announces the CAP.
ture Of l,2sO prisoners.
Attack Fails Further South. :
The attack also extended further
south, opposite Lombaertzyde, but here.
after having temporarily driven In ~
British advanced line. a counter-a,sSck
forced the Germans back to their 6ris.
inal positions.
Th.r. have been no .eriou. .v.mj..
by the GermanI 10 break throueh ~
British front in Belgium since their NO
campaigns for Calais ii the esely
months Of the war The first ~
checked along the Belgian front by NJ
combined British and Belgian defense.
aided by the participation OF Brjtisk
war,hip. along the coast In the seeon6
battle Of Ypres in the fall Of 1914. -
Germans sacrificed thousands Of md n
a terrific drive but failed to efttf =
penetration. A
London Feels Trsmors.
Reports from London today indicate
that the battle in Belgium Is still in
progress, Sounds Of heavy firing heard
in England all day yesterday were
again heard today beginning At dawn.
In some London suburbs treinors like
slight earthquake could be felt,
In the sensational campaign which
the revolutionary army Of Russia n
waging in Galicia the character al
Halter, important though II Is, is ouiy
an incidental feature. Given secure
possession Of il, the Russians have The
road to Lemberg we'll opened 10 10
them and a continuation Of their attacks
on anything like the scale Of the last
ten days seems likely 10 result In the
fall OF the Galician capital At no dis.
tant date.
Russians Capture 1000 Men.
In capturing Halic1 the Russians took
more than thirty guns and 1900 pris-
oners. The Russians, advices TO the
Russian war office say, are continuing
their advance pursuing the retreatinE
Au'tro'German forces In the fighting
between Sunday and Tuesday in the d.
rection OF Dolina the Russian. took
more than 10000 prisoners and eighty
guns
On the French front IN northern
France an attack was made by the Ger.
mans in the Woevre district near Flifey.
They were elected from a portion Of the
trench in which they temporarily gained
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