Arizona republican., 1917-08-01
BRITISH AND FRENCH MAKE
 NOTABLE GAINS IN LONG
 PLANNED ATTACK ON TEUTONS
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The great assault of the entente allies, for which the big guns had been preparing for three weeks in bombardments of unprecedented vio- lence has begun in Flanders along front of about twenty miles, from the region of Dixemude to south of Ypres around Warneton.
 Starting with the first peep of day the attack, which was carried out jointly by French and British troops, the Frenchmen holding the line north of Boeschinge and the British be- tween that town and Warneton-the end of the days fighting found that all the entente plans had been car ried out. The F'renchmen were hold ing two lines of captured German men three lines, in addition to ten or more towns and villages and more than $500 Germans made prisoner.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the Teutons had massed almost countless numbers of guns and numerous di- visions of fresh men to hold hack the foreseen onslaught, and when the bat tie broke threw both men and guns into the fray, the British and French carried out their operations with dash and determination.
 Indeed at some points so deter mined were the attacking forces that frequently they passed the objectives which had been assigned for their capture and pressed on and took ter rain that had not been figured on for attainment.
 The casualties of both the British and French armies were relatively slight considering the intensity of the fighting on various sectors, while the Germans, in addition to their men made prisoner, suffered heavily in killed and wounded.
 Although the latest reports are to the effect that. the Germans are launching a heavy counter attack against the allied line at the point where the British and French forces meet, statements from the front say that the morale of the allies is splen- did while that of the Germans is far below their normal
 A majority of the positions taken by the allies had been in the pos session of the Teutons since they in vaded Belgium. The French attack which resulted in the capture Of | Steenstrate was pushed on beyond that town and penetrated the German l half miles, The British placed their 1 deepest wedge into the line to depth of two miles.
 Again the French troops operating along the Aisne front have been enabled to put down strong attacks | by the army of the German crown l prince at Hurtesbise and Cerny and to assume the offensive themselves and advance their line along the i entire front.
 1 In east Galicia the Russians along Sbrocz river continue to give battle 1 to the Teutonic allies who have ,crossed the stream and gained | footing on Russian soil. At several points enemy detachments have been | forced out of captured positions. which have been retaken by the Rus sians.
 | To the south the Russians have at | tempted to make a stand also in western Bukowina, but were com pelled to evacuate positions along l the Cheremosh river and retreat east ward. The town of Zale Jaizyky and | several other positions blocking the road to Czernowitz, the capital of Bukowina, have been evacuated by
 the Russians.
 On the Rumanian front and in the
 wooded Carpathians, the Germans have gained further ground against the Russians and Rumanians except
 in the Casin and Putna valley regions American torpedo boat destroyers in the European war zone have come upon two German submarines which
 were attacking merchant vessels, and
 forced them to seek safety from
 American shells in flight without hav-
 ing fired a shot in return.
 Epoch Makina Offensive | BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, July 31.- (By the A. Pe- An epoch making offensive launched by the British and French against the Herman lines between the river Lys and Boesinghe at daybreak, has, witt
 few exceptions, accomplished all that
 had been planned for the first day o1
 this battle which, in its early stages
 gives promise of being the greatest
 conflict of the war.
 Roughly speaking, the British pene-
 trated positions held by Crown Prince
 Rupprecht of Bavaria, between Boes-
 inghe and Warneton, and at the time O the filing of this dispatch, were in pos session of the first three lines of th' German trenches at most point! . throughout this front.
 Reports received from the Frencl , troops which are attacking over thu q difficult terrain between DixmHyle ant | a point near Boesinghe say they hay, l forced their way across this marsl
 studded and partly inundated regioi Il and captured the first two lines of Ger | man trenches.
 s The casualties of the entente allie (Continued on Page Two)