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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1916.
BRITISH PUSH ON v
p, TO GERMAN GUNS
Story of Advance and Victory in
u race of Terrible Pounding
jv , Trom Cannon.- ;
BATTLE TESTS NEW TEOOPS
' Press Headquarters in the France
Front, July 3, 11 p. m. (Via London,
July 4, 6:15 a. m.) Siege fighting con-;
tinued today beyond Fricourt, the
British taking Poodle and the Bottom
woods, advanced toward the main
German second line of defense.
The Associated Press correspondent
today went over the territory pre
viously taken by the British, from the
west of Mentauban, through the fa
mous "Dantsig Alley," where the Ger
man machine guns gave the British
their greatest trouble in their first
day's attack on Mametz and Fricourt,
which now are being steadily shelled
by the Germans. Officers and men
who have been all through the fight
ing said they had been regularly sup
plied with food, but that they needed
"a good wash'' and that water was
unprocurable.
Sett 500 Germans Surrender.
' The soldiers in "Dantsig Alley"
were excited over one of those theatric
scenes which this rolling country af
fords in this dose in-fighting, when
the British closed in on the trenches at
Poodle woods, the German sections,
already having been surrounded, came
out holding up their hands. Thus a
body of more than 500 men, after be
ins hammered incessantly with shell
.fire for four days, dramatically sur
rendered before the eyes of the cor
rcsoondent - -
The British gunfire, so far as could
be seen,, was much heavier than the
German, while, according to all re
ports front the front line, the Germans
have withdrawn all their guns from
ihe valley, which ia now controlled by
the British, to positions on tne riages,
. : Village; Are Lavellsd. '
Both Mameti and Fricourt virtu
ally are levelled. The earth and brick
. 1 1 , i . . i . i. 1 1 j.
DUimingawcr Kneaacu uy sncu nrc
thrown . into the communication
trenches running through these vil
i lages, Where the prefatory bombard'
I ment was most severe, itronc Ger
: man position in dug-out thirty feet
ideep, did not save their defenders
from the big Shells, and trenches be
i rame formless beans of earth. Bits
of the grsert German, uniform, ac
coutrements and Man were mixed
I with rag and churned sand bags in
1 uneinnv'hoiTor.
British soldiers wer gathering the
German dead and burying their own
in communication trenches. At one
soot where the British suffered in
charging a machine gun position, the
battalion mascot, a black and tan mon
grel dog, lay dead beside his human
companions, all of whom had fallen
with their face toward the German
trenches. ' . ..
New Troop Show Courage.
, Officers met on the front line agreed
mat ine new army Battalions con
ducted themselves with the same sal
i an try as we regular, cverynody
there on the newly won ground clots
to the enemy Was exoectini at anv
moment orders to make another effort,
wnen not aiaainB in' they stent. in
the genial sunlight, which was hot so
sot as yesterday. , , v
Germans lately' taken ' nrisoners.
when interviewed, indicated that bat
talions- were rushed from as far as
Kheim and Lille to meet the Anglo
French attack. ; ,
The Village of Bonstlle. recently
so hotly contested, was observed this
afternoon to be shelled no longer by
British, but by German guns, which
toia ot tne success ot the British at
tack. 1 axing refuge in deeo ee ars.
protected by house floors, favers of
nana nags ana aeons, tne ucrmans
brought out their machine guns, after
the bombardment, and resumed the
fight There was a small siege, but the-
survivors now nave capitulated.
ALLIES BATTER . ,
GERMANS ON ALL
- , FRONTS OF WAR
(OnttwiS tram hn 1.)
northeast of Klumenea, the railway
point recently taken by the Russians.
Russian Break Through.
Petrofirad. Tulv 4. (Via London.)
In an attack on the forces of Vrince
Leopold, the war office announced
today, the Russians have broken
through two lines of German de
fenses in the region of Baronovitch.
They captured seventy-two officers,
2700 men, eleven guns and a number
of machine guns.
Teutonic Resistance Overcome.
Petrograd. July 3. (Via London.)
An official was statement issued to-
iiht. announces that resistance of
the Teutonic forces in a battle north
west of Baranovitch was broken and
they were driven back to the west.
1 he statement says;
"On the western front southwest
of Lake Norotche, the Germans last
night opened an intense artillery fire
which lasted the whole night. On
the northern bank of Lake Vischnev
skoye, the German attempted to ap
proach our trenches but were driven
back. ' ." -
In the region of Sorgen and north
of Krevo, we took prisoners and cap
tured machine guns. ,
"Northwest of Baranovitch a battle
started after an intense bombard
ment We made prisoners, fifty of
ficers and 1,400 men, besides captur
ing four guns. I
Fighting Along the -Lipa.
"Fiehtins: continue in the region
of the lower Lipa. Half way be
tween Dubno and Sokal our troops
having broken the enemy' resistance,
drove him back once more toward the
west. In the coures of the night, we
made orisoner. eleven officers and 992
-men and captured five machine guns.
"Between the tyr ana tne stoxnoa
and south of the Stockhod, fierce bat
tles continue.. In the region ot tne
Nijnaia Lipa we are closely pressing
the enemy, who it defending himself
with great persistence. In the direc
tion of Kolomea we dislodged the
enemy from several positions and,
pursuing him, occupied the village of
Potok Tcharny. The booty taken here
waa four cannon and 500 prisoners.
"We pierced two lines ot enemy
works south of Tzirlne, northeast of
Baranovitch. The battle continue.
In this fighting yesterday we captured
officers. 2.700 soldiers,
eleven cannon and 'several machine
guna and bomb throwers, ......
SOMME BATTLE MOT :
ALLOWED TO DRAG
French position. One officer and
sixty men were made prisoner here.
VU.IUI B.UIkUl, HUG UrUUHl I
down, five in aerial battlea without
any losses to ourselves, and four by
anti-aircraft guns. Six machine put
mi oi acuon are in our nanas,
On the Eastern Front.
The statement regarding the east
ern front say: '
"Army group of Field Marshal von
Mindenburg: Following their ire
auently increased artillery activity.
the Russians, in the evening and dur
ing the night, attacked repeatedly sev
eral pointa between Lake Naroci and
Smorgon, and eaat of Wisciniew.
They attacked with considerable force
on both aidea of Smorgon. without
achieving any advantage but incurring
heavy losses. -"Army
group of Prince Leopold
Local counter attack at points where
the Russiana first aucceeded in mak
ing some advance, all yielded re-
suits, ana we capiurea inineen oiU'
cers and 1.BU5 men.
Army group of General von Lin
singen: The Russiana yesterday again
threw strong forces, part of them re
cently brought up to this tront, in
masses against u io sisy our ao
vance. but were repulsed. Our at'
tack trained further ground.
-Army ffrouD oi uenerai v.ount von
Bothmer: Southeast of Tlumach our
troops, in a quick advance, torcea
1 ' - . t- O ..... a HH
than twelve and one-half miles wide
and more than five and one-fourth
wiilra deeo."- '
Tlumach "is twenty-seven nines
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quickly. Twenty were killed and
sixty other threw Up their hands." ,
- : : German on the Alert
For a month' oast the Germans have
been on the alert around the Somme
and orders had been given in a secret
circular to construct special entrencn
itients. Sana had 'everywhere been
pushed to within twenty-five yerdtof
i ( I . .; - - J .. .
tne jrrencn naroca wire-am numer
ous passage were 'cut in the German
wire entanglement to enable their
patrol to spy out" every suspicious
movement; in aiiy part.of the French
lines.' ' V ': '
Extra shelter had been dug thirty
feet behind the trenches so that the
men could get into the. trenches more
auicklv When the r ranch bombard
ment ceased. Rents were made in the
rear of these shelters. Numerous In
tening saris weremade in.sach a man'
ner .a .not to interfere with their
frontal or ' flanking fire from, the
trenches. .Woods whenever well
placed, as was that of Mertaucburt,
were turned into formidable redoubts,
with specially constructed sheltsri
with iron girders over the entrances,
Concrete protection was erected to
resist the big shells. At frequent In
tervals there were armored concrete
machine gun turrets.
Preparation for Aisault
In addition villages were trans
formed, houses were pulled down in
order to give a uniform aspect and to
prevent aviatora from spotting the
guns placed in the cellars. Finally
all the men were given four emerg
ency rations of bread and coffee and
150 cartridges and two bombs. - Each
section also had a flare pistol with
300 flares and two signal cartridges.
When the French attack began July
1 the Germans were so hard pressed
thev were obliged to fall back upon
Frise. They hoped to be able to cling
there, on account of the marshy loop
of the Somme, but the German regi
ments holding that position were so
badly punished by the bombardment
that the reserves were ordered there.
This order was received in the morn
ing. According to a prisoner, they
immediately assembled and in com
panies marched through Peronne. One
after another- they reached Biaches,
Haucourt and then Herbecourt,
Thence progress was difficult.
When they entered the communi
cating trenches leading to Frise they
came under a terrible shell fire which
caused heavy losses and once or twice
a panic started and was with great
difficulty allayed by the officers.
Reinforcement Arrive.
Finally, toward 7 o'clock, the rein
forcements, which already had suf
fered severely, reached the trenches
and were posted between the second
and third positions behind Frise, where
they were subjected to a terrific bom
bardment. Then men, crouching in
shelters ten feet below ground, could
hear the explosions of the heavy
French shells knocking their defenses
to powder, and now and then one
shell would tear through the roof of
their shelter and bury the occupants
under mass ot earth and beams.
Three hours later the French infan.
try made a fresh attack upon Frise.
Their advance was So sudden that the
Germane lost their hold on their posi
tions. The German officer ordered
two companies of reinforcements to
advance along the Somme canal,
where they were cut up by the
French. Other companie went to
Frise and Merecourt wood to await
events, but in less than two hours
the French occupied Frise and the
whole German line began to fall back.
closely pressed by the victorious
f rench.
FN IS FIXED
FOR REAL FIGHTING
. (Continued from Pat t
which went into camp adjoining the
second California infantry, left Nian
tic, Conn., on June 27.
Two incidents were reported by the
Connecticut soldiers in crossing New
Mexico. A steel jacketed bullet, found
in a car occupied by a Second -regiment
company, led to the belief that
it had been fired by a sniper. The
other incident related to the engineer
of the same, train, who became un
conscious in his seat as the train was
approaching Lordsburg.' A wound was
found on the back of his neck. One of
the enlisted men Of company, him
self a locomotive engineer, immedi
ately took charge of Ihe ..train and
brought it to Lordsburg. ' i , . '
4 Small pox.I Present' '"';.'
' The tecond battalion of the Second
Connecticut infantry was placed in
quarantine upon its arrival here early
today because of the presence of a
case of suspected smallpox, which de
veloped shortly after the train left
Niantic. .
The sick man, corporal Mathon, HI
Company of Waterbury, was not put
suffering from Chicken pox. The re-
uiaiuuci ui Mic ,iwio ... v-..r .v.
are enjoying excellent health.
Tacoma.Wash., July 4. The second
regiment of the Washington National
guard departed toaay lor me Mexican
border. The troop train will run in
two sections. The regiment numbers
1,836 men in command of Col. Will
Inglis.
Nevada, Mo., July 4. Ihe 4th in
fantry Missouri National Guard, and
Brig. General Harvey C. Clarke, com
mander of the Missouri Brigade, de
parted for the border today.
Engineers on the Way.
Vancouver, Wash., -July 4. E com
pany, U. S. engineer corps in com
mand of Captain Arthur R. Ehren
beck, received orders today from
the war department to proceed at
- A C-ir fala . nn thft Mexi-
Umc x.a..-v, ' - - ,--
can border. The company will get
k n V. 1 .. mnnrnar rarrviflO
away uruwuij iu.uu.un, j-o
complete equipment, including pon
toons, for bridging streams.
The garrison here now numbers
about 6,000 men.
A report reached here today from
Mexico to the effect that 3,000 Car
ranza troops were moving north from
Magdalene and Imuris to a point
twenty miles south of Nogales.
- Guard Relieves Regulars.
Douglas, Ariz., July 4. A battalion
of the Fourteenth United States In
fantry returned today from Nogales,
Aria ..where they were sent recently
to reinforce the command of Colonel
William H. Sage, pending the arrival
of the militiamen. Several additional
companies of New Jersey infantry
men reached here during the night.
The New Jersey guardsmen were
given a rest today, and a large num
ber of them visited the camp of the
regular army. to. participate in
patriotic exercises.
Restriction on Travel.
Brownsville, Tex., July 4. General
Alfredo Ricaut, commanding the
Mexican force at Matamoro, today
issued orders (topping all travel from
Mexico into .Brownsville other than
between 9 a. m. and sundown.' Ad
vices reaching American Consul John
son, recently recalled from his station
at Matamoros, gave no reason for the
stopping of travel, which heretofore
has been uninterrupted both by the
international bridge and via the ferry.
The first squadron of the Illinois
cavalry, accompanied by its machine
gun company, Colonel Milton J. Fore
man commanding, reached here at
noon today.
K-ifi-M Til Tntv AThr riohtti
"t" , j -"4 a -
Knegro) infantry regiment of the
Illinois .National uuaru lett tor san
Antonio early today. All the remain
ing mobilized troops of the state will
depart tonight.
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The Bethlehem Steel Company's
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At a time when the expenses of the Government are so enormous
Isn't it worth while finding out the actual facts before plunging ahead into
an expendtiure of $11,000,000 of the people's money for a Gover'men armor
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To clear up the whole situation, and to put it on a basis as fair and
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to the Government.
The Bethlehem Steel Company will manufacture armr plate for the Govrn
mnt of the United States at actual cost of operation plus such charges fo'
overhead expenses, interest and depreciation as the Fed'ral Trade Commis
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designate.
The House of Representatives voted down a proposal to empower the
Federal Trade Commission to determine a fair price for armor, and
allow private manufacturers opportunity to meet that price before
the Government built its plant.
Isn't our proposition fair a"d ught it not to be accepted?
The measure is now b'fore the United States Senate. '
CRAS. M. SCHWAB, Chairman
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