The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-16
Desperate Fighting.

PARIS, July 16.-Desperate fight
ing in the Champagne, in which pow
erful German attacks first progress
ed around Monts Haut and Teton,
and then the tide changed and the
French retook the captured positions,
was detailed in today's official state
ment, Heavy losses were inflicted
on the enemy
''In the Champagne" the war Office
said, 1.-THE Germans bombarded our
positions violently and around Monts
Haul and Teton launched powerful
attacks on the positions which the
French took Saturday. At first the
enemy progressed on Mont Haut, but
after an all night. battle the French
retook their previous gains. The
German losses were heavy.
Between the SomIne and the
Aisne, German raids were repulsed.
South of Corbeny, in vigorous fight
ing, the enemy was hurled back"
Sank Four Submarines.
BERNIE, July 16.--American war
ships conveying the first American
expeditionary army, destroyed four
of the latest type German submarines,
according to report in circulation
here today and which purported to
Russians Retake Town.
ROME, July 16.-Report of the
Russian occupation of Dolina Tin
Galicia) was received here today. The
Austrians, it was said. had been
thrown back into the Carpathians.
Dolina is an important Galician
center, twenty-five miles southeast of
Stryj and about fifteen miles south
west of kalusch. 1t is another of the
key cities around Lemberg which
lies thirty miles to the north
American ship Torpedoed.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-Three
men We're killed, including one Ameri-
can, and five men-including two
American guards-were injured, in
the summarizing of the American
steamer Grace, owned by the Stand
Rrd Commercial Steamship corpora
ton, New York. the state department
announced today
Though the submarine was not
seen, the wake of the torpedo was
The men killed were Z. ]. Farrell
New Jersey, and Vandyke and Ander-
son, aliens.
The five men injured were burned
by explosion OF the petroleum cargo
Rnd included Hugh Donnelly and
George Wilson, United States armed
guards.
All have been landed and placed in
hospitals and the remaining survivors
are also safe.
German Official Report.
BERLIN, Lvia London) July 16-
sIn western Champagne and in the
Somme, our first line trenches re-
manned in the enemies hands at the
end of nights fighting" declared to-
days official statement. at Hoch-
hergour, captures were not maintain
ed. At Pochlberg we again reached
our old lines after bitter hand to hand
lighting A considerable number of
prisoners and a few machine guns
were captured"
Of the fighting on the eastern front
The statement said:
.sIn the wooded Carpathians, the
Russians were repeatedly repuIsed."
RussIa's Victories.
PETROGRAD, July 16.-Russia's
advancing armies from July 1 to 10
captured 834 officers and 35,S09 men
with a vast store of military sup
plies of all kinds, according to war
office statement today.
In yesterdays fighting alone sise
teen officers and coo Austro-G erman
troops were taken
In addition to the 36,643 men cap
tured between July 1 and IS, the war
Office listed this additional booty:
Ninety-three guns; twenty-eight
trench mortars; 4O3 machine guus;
forty-three mine throwers; forty-fvc
bombing mortars; three fire throwers,