Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-11
Sharp Infantry Attack Carries
First Line Trenches Held
by Crown Prince.
ALLIES BOMBARD OTTOMANS
British Monitor Silences Shore
Battery and Destroys Turk
AirdOme.
By The Associated Press


Both the British and French armies
racing the Germans in Flanders have
again struck hard blows at their
antagonists and have been rewarded
with further gains in the line of Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. While
the fighting has occurred only on
Isolated sectors II seems evident that
the heavy artillery duels i'm progress
all along the front from Nieuport TO
the Franco Belgian border are the
forcrunners of a resumption of the big
allied offensive which the rain and the
accompanying mire stopped almost at
itS inception more than a week ago.
Driving eastward from the sector Of
fpres in the early dawn of Friday.
fleld Marshal Haig's forces took for
their own all the German firs, line
positions east of Hooge bet,Yeen
treZenberg and the Ypres- Menin road.
including the village of Westhoek and
heid them in their entirety notwith-
standing the usual countera.tacks
launched by the Germans under an ex-
tremely heavy barrage fire.
French Also Successful.
10 the north near Bixschoote and
Langmarck French troops have cap
tured several farms held by the Ger
mans and also have taken n number
OF machine guns from them
The Canadians, lying in their
trenches at the doorstep of LensSand
the British forces holding trenches
south of the famous Vimy ridge, are
coming in for intensive shelling by
the Germans.
On the long neglected front near
81 quentin the Germans have de-
llVered surprise attack of consider
able proportions, but were unsuc-
cessfBl in gaining ground any where
| except some weak points in the CEN
| ter of the French line Otherwise
| the fire OF General Pertains men put
down the sally, inflicting consider
able casualties on the Germans. Like
wise on the Aisne front the Germans
have delivered onslaughts against the
French, but here also they met with
the same result that have marked the
previous attempts of the German
crown prince to pierce the French
lineS-defeat
kilIcu by steel.
At several points the Germans man
aged to make their way into isolated
trenches, but met death later in
hand to hand fighting or were cap
tured. Aside from the front in France
little fighting of moment Is taking
place except in Galicia, Bukowana
and Southern Moldavia. In all these
sectors the German and Austro- Hun
garians are declared by the Berlin war
office to be continuing their gains.
Southeast of CZornowitz, the capitol
of Bukowina, the Germans have pene-
trated Russian frontier positions and
further south fighting with their
allies they have taken height posi-
tions between the Trotus and Putna
valleys and in southern Moldavia in
the region of Fokshani have thrown
their forces across the Suchitza river
on a wide front.
Turkish Battery Silcnccd.
Entente warships since Thursday
have been bombarding the Turkish
batteries along the coast of Asia
Minor. according TO n dispatch from
Athens to the Exchange Telegraph
company. British monitors have sue
cessfully reduced to silence one OF
the Turkish batteries and have de-
stroyed an airdome installed near All,
other.