The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12

through the break in the German lines
around Haiicz.
/ The Official statement said:
! "kalusch was captured after stub
born and sanguinary battle"
Surprise Attack Failed.
PARIS, July Herman attacks In
the region of Juvincourt and on both
banks of the Mouse were completely
repulsed, today's official statement as
serted.
In the Champagne, on the Aisne
front in the sector of Moulin Laffaux,
there was active artillerying." the war
office said. In the region Of Juvin-
court, enemy attacks were repulsed.
ION both banAs of the Meuse, after
violent bonn bardments, several enemy
surprise attacks failed"
Great Activity.
l[By VIM. Phillip Simms, United Press
Staff Correspondent
! WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, July 12.-Field Marshal
Hindenburg is evidently trying to
stem dissatisfaction at home in Ger
many by big showing on the west
ern front.
Today the Prussian troops opposite
the whole Of the British line, were
more active than at any time during
the past year.
South of the Scarpe the enemy re-
took a portion Of a trench west OF
Vert wood on Infantry hill In the
Lombartzyde section there was great
activity
The German artillery concentration
in the vicinity of the sand dunes on
the Belgian coast was the biggest
since the German efforts at Verdun.
Explosives leveled the sand hills and
the British trenches. The light house
at the mouth of the User and the life
saving station were reduced to ruins.
Summer cottages were smashed and
everything leveled before the attack.
| And among the attackers were the
German MISUNDERSTANDING toughest
fighters. The Germans were caught
under the British artillery and ma
chine gun barrage and the attack To-
Called between Lombartzyde creek
and the sea, being checked at the
river.
Today the British were Smelling the
newly occupied German position
around Lonlbartzyde.
In the region of Lens, the Germans
occupied previously vacated trench
from which they unsuccessfully tried
to capture British outposts. The en-
envy left a number of dead. M
On Infantry hill, sotfth of the
IScarpe, the enemy artillery was very
lactive.
All over the front German airmen
\ swarmed in the sky desperately try
ling to cross the British lines. There
Iwere innumerable aerial battles in the
bright sunshine.
All these activities of the German
fighting force suggests to the British
officers that Hindenburg has ordered
all branches of his army to buck UP
for the effect back home. They re
called Hindenburgs recent trip to
Berlin and figured that the kaiser
Iprodded by the growing unrest
throughout the central empires and
goaded by reverses on the east and
west fronts, had intimated to the field
marshal he had better do something.
/ This belief is borne out by German
prisoners. They state dissatisfaction
with the present state of affairs In
Germany.
Germany is fighting hard In the
air. The prisoners recently taken de
clare enemy commanders give large
share of the credit for the sand dunes
victory to the German airmen. Large
4 numbers of planes were concentrated
for the attack and they were aloft de
spite heavy storm.
British Losses In Belgium.
1 LONDON, July 12.-British losses
In the successful German drive
around Nieuport, Belgium, probably
total between 1000 and $500 men
General F. B. Maurice, director oil
military operations, said today
Further German efforts in this
}section are not expected" he said
"The Germans seized an opportune
moment for their coast attack Gen
eral Maurice continued. "a gale
prevented our naval participation
from the sea. The enemy wiped ou'
Tor captured all British forces occupy
ling the territory they took-about l.
500 men in all The chief signific
ance in the attack Is the fact that II
is the first one against the British
in two years.
sThe Germans now face British
guns across the User river"
German official Report.
BERLIN (via London) July -
Stormtng of a series of English
trenches near Monchy and capture O
a large number Of prisoners in an at
tack aided by flame throwers, was re
lported in today's official report.
1 OF the German victory on the Bel
sian coast, the war office said:
Tuesdays attack was great ant
magnificent success. The enemy wa:
unable to counter attack
Between the Dniester and thu
Carpathfans, the Russians felt theil
waylto the Lomnica river and neal
lKaiusch reached the western bank o.
the river"
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