The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
MORE SMASHING
GAINS MADE BY
BRITISH FORCES

Field Marshal llaic has aSain
attacked The llind"nhurG line ana
capturrd S"clioA of the famous
German position northwest OF Bull
lcCouri.
The British advance in 'his r"'
gion is The iirSl determined one
made there since the end or tho
San0uinarv fianIin& which result
cd in the caprurc Of The town nI
Bullccourr hv thc British. ana Is
in the direction Of N"nd"cour'-
Le2Ca2uirOurI. The Germans re-
sisted tho British arubb0rnly. but
finally yielded after suffering
heavy casualties according 10 the
London war office.
In Flanders. the British have OK
tended their gains as'ridH me
Hprcs Confines canal in The dl-
"prtiun nf CoHiQr$ and IN me &c
lion Dr MrsSinrS. toward W arne-
ION. ON the Frauru.Helcian border
ono hundred and fifty prisoners
and number Ot machine guns
We're taken.
Since June She British nnTe
succeeded in Occupying" The Ger
man first line trenches from the
River l.vS 10 the River Warnavr
and have advanced their lin" Jna
seven mile from, from -" IN l.e"l
wards. Berlin officially admits 4
Withdrawal Of rho German front
line between Yprcs and hrmrn'
Tiers. cast OF Me$sineS. as an
nounrrd by Field Marshal llaig,
Thursday.
Elsewhere on The front IN
rrancr. a. we'll aS in The lrrtlno
region nf the Austro-lraIlan front
and IN Macedonia. lhrrr has been
liitlr except artillery activity OF
varying inrcnSitics
British Statement.
I,nE1mIN. .Iun" ~. nv" T.. II, ,.--Th
British forces to-day d"l;N"r"d An al
ark unou ami captured further portion
withstandiur III" r"s!$t
nee nf III" 'i"I1rHnS. "l:" *ut!"rr
icayy casualties according /" TIA" "ifI
iHl communications i~S'l"r: i"-n!Ehi.
The statement reads.
parry this morning =" attacked An
arlrrrd Il furth"r ir"rj."!i OF - S"ciu
f Ihr UindrnhurC lire sin Erld hy IN
nrmv northwest ~ ia" Eull"""urt tn
.o~tiir Errisnn offered stubborn resist
nee and suffered heavy casualties. W
unk i3 prisoners.
wv" also captured few rrl"".'"rs n
H." result Of sin'crSsfui raids ''asi -
.nns and III the nciElii'":i."cd -; IN
liver l.rS.
.'uur own an,; thr rur:ny .r,:,i"rr wr:
a.
:r:irI" and al = number ~ points ="
wr"n ArmcrIicr"S aud Iur"S.
''Euur German IirpiIneS w"T' h"nuEh
nwu rrstrGry IN air fighting and thr"
th"rs were driven down nuf "f '"ntr"
W" ui our marhin"S iail"d I" return.
III" British Strrrk Hu"th"r Glow las
IiEhi on ;hr front n"ar Rr"%imr>. Tive W,
ffirr announces. They gained all ih"i
bjrrtiy"%: advancing south ana cas-
Il MCS.rim"$ and astrid" the lar's
'nniNr" canal.
TN" Frjr,sh now "crUrv the form"
runt trenches Of the Germans from lii
li"r l.Nr !" IN" river N"rn:tN". W
nSult nj las: nights operations and IN
rrrSSur" cN"riTh tho RriiiS
ave advanced their lines from 5hn [
,nnh yards uu Il front of S"N"n miles.
Til" official announcement roads
"0ur troops attacked yesterday oven
NJ south and cast nf the M"S$lnrS An
S'rj,l" the Yprrs- -G"mIn"$ canal. tn
nrmy'S rrSlStan"" WAS quickly oyer
nmr and tho --h"lr of nf nhirciiv"S w"r
aimed in both luraIiiicS. We raDtnr"
moro than l5H prisoners. ON" hnw'tzc
nd seven ma"hin" guns.
".ks tho result nf thrS" operations an
he constant pressure maintained by n,i
rn"pS since luu" : We now occupy IN
icrIuan front trenches from tn" rlNn
.ys to tn" river WnrnHN" and have nd
,nnrrd cur line from ahn In l.hhN yard
N tho whole front from tho river War
aye to l[lzin HillGhakc. distance q
bout seven miles.
We made a ::urrnSsfuI raid last nigh
Inrth Of Lem. NTn! Germans w"r
Illod in hand I" hand fighting and fc1
,rlNourrs w"r" taken by us"
German Statement.
RERLlN .Iur" -. Nla l."nrinn. -Rf
irrmcrt nf tn" German forces at tw
,niuis on III" 'front.' in R"lEiun Is re-
'nr1rd III to-day'S offirial statement
he ,;crniauS wHrr pressed hack hT IN
British between lI"ll"l"kc ana ihc rc
ion of III" river po've Hnd also south
vest ni Warnrt"nnn.