Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-29
TROOPS OF ALLIES
CAPTURE PRISONERS
AND MACHINE GUNS
Focl1's Poilus Take Strongly
Fortified Positions and
900 Germans.
HAiG's MEN ri FLANDERS
ADVANCE NEARLY ONE MILE
Intensive Aerial Operations in
Progress in Rear of
Battle Areas.
MUCH FIGHTING Is ITALY
korni'oT and kaledincs Reported to
Have Overthrown EoIsheviki
('if, Df NIns~n.,
HAiG's MEN IN FLANDERS
ADVANCE NEARLY ONE MILE
MUCH FIGHTING Is ITALY
horni'oT and kaledincs Reported to
Have Overthrown Bolsheviki
in City of Moscow.

Undated Wsr Lead By Associated Pressl
The British troops in Flanders and
the French forces further south ap-
parenty hav" anticipated the proposed
ie-man drive toward the English Chan
mel ports or EarIS. ana struck first
! Although slight details of the ma
neurers tnus far have teen revealed
| the allied troops caught the enemy
una wares AT salient points, and, driv-
ing swiftly forward. took terrain which
would have been of great value as the
starting points of enemy attacks. In
addition. comparatively large num-
her Of prisoner and machine guns
we're left in the hands uf the allied
troops.
! The attack oo the British was de-
| livcred about midway between Hazo
| hrouck and Bethune. on 4 front OF
nearly three and "a half miles, over ter
| ritory which the Germans recently have
been deluGsing with shells Altogether.
the attack was productive of an aver
age gain Of ground TO 4 d dspth of nearly
n mite. and inclded the taking OF
several small hi.nls;s II is not I'M
! probable that the Germans. in n pro-
posed offensive in ,h:s region. had set
their hearts ON me capture OF ST. Omer
and tic railway line running thence
TO Calais tni t.unNirt.
ERENCH PNNi:THATE
Ml..i: AID QUARTER
The stroke "l tn~ ir,mah troops was
over still a"c.,isr Trcn' four and
a half n'iles--u they. II points, also
enctralci enemy posi- ions TO a good
~ depth. nj Som roi:.ts j, mile and
Il dua~tar. The e"id ,mt ntrntitn was
| further To bloeN the gatc..ny 10 Paris
through the Niliers-Ct:trrrtS region.
From Ambienry 10 'nr east of Mont
Gol.ert. the French carried out their
off nslvc and overw helmed strongly
fortified positions of the enemy along
the entire front Besides the beating
back OF the enemy, more than 1.06v
Germans fell ,nto the hands of the
attacking forces.
Although tns points OF attack were
| separated by about loo miles. the ma
neuvers seemingly had bcnn we'll con-
Sid-rei by General Fccr. the alliad
commander in chief. as thvy were car
rico out HyrchronouSly. The strategy
Of the duubi- stroke :s apparent when
IT Is realized that u successful German
thrust where the British struck woul1
have :nen:.ccd the chArnA' ports or a
similar move in the south would have
placed tn" French capital IN jeopardy.
bf-hhtN fffS lNI'I.f Fhih
COMBATING ATTACKS
The Berlin o'Fcial GO nmunication. is
sued Friday evening nad- note of the
allied thrusts hy dccla.iig that the
Nicrmans were hus.iy .nSPGed in at
tcrpts to rrpulse ih-m.
That allied forces arc not to be
caught mapping Ivy tho Germans is in
Gicated by The Intensive aerial ope-
atoms that are in progress over and
behind the battle iiue y British Of
ic,al communication SAYS that in air
fghtinS THURSDAY iwaniy-nine enemy
airplancS were accounted for. twenty
OF them having been destroyed and the
others forced to descend gu, OF control
Of their pilots. Fourteen machines OF
the British failed to return to their
bases
There is considerable lighting be-
tween the AuSirians and the Italians
In the mountain regions of the Italian
thcater. hat compa rative vuiet prevails
along the riave River. across which
the enemy was driven by the Italians
early i'll the week
TROTXi[Y AND Lf;NINF:
REPORTED IN FLIGHT
unofsicia, reports are 10 the effect
that troubous events again are in
progress ii Russia. The Bolshevk
Sovcrnmcn; in Moscow Is said TO have
been c"erthrown by forces under the
leadership Of Generals korniloff and
Ealcdines Moscow is said to have
fallen. and sTrotzky and Lenine. the
leaders Of the Boishevik government.
are declared to hive ced across the
Gulf ot Finland toward the Murman
coast. Another report is that Grand
Duke Nicholas has cen proclaimed En-
peVor.
The reports that tho former EN-
pcror Nicholas has been put to death
or assassinated persist. but there Is
stili no official confirmation Of them.