Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 5, 1916, Page 2

BRITISH PUSH ON & 10 GERMAN GUNS i Fon o iat Story of Advance and Victory in Face of Terrible Pounding From Cannon. BATTLE TESTS NEW TROOPS Press Headquarters in the France YFront, 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 shelle: by the Germans. fficers 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, Sees 500 Germans Surrender. The soldiers in “Dantsig Alley” were excited over one of those theatric scenes which this rollin coun!f{ afe Jdords in this close in-fighting. When the British closed in on the trenches at 'oodle woods, the German sections, already having been surrounded, came out holding up their hands. Thus a body of more than 500 men, after be- ing hammered incessantly with shell ire for four days, dramatically sur- i rendered before the eyes of the cor- | respondent. I 'he British gunfire, so far as could be seen, was much heavier than the | German, wlulc? accordin, | s from the front line, the Germans vé withdrawn all their guns from «he valley, which is now controlled by the British, to positions on the ridges. ¢ Are Levelled. Both Mametz and -Fricourt virtu- ally are levelled. The earth and brick 3o ings: were kneaded by shell fire i into the communication es nunning through tlese vil- Where the prefatory bombard- _was most severe, strong Ger- positions in dug-outs thirty feet ve : m did_not save their defenders the big shells, and trenches be- came i ps of ¢ " Bits the gréen to_all re- the f been o the northeast of Klumenea, the railway point recently taken by the Russians. Russians Break Through. Petrofirad, July 4.~~(Via London.) —~In an attack on the forces of Prince 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, 2,700 men, eleven guns and a number of machine guns. ‘Teutonic Resistance Overcome, Petrograd, July 3—(Via London.) —An official was statement issued to- night, announces that resistance of the Teutonic forces in a battle north- west of Baranovitch was broken and they were driven back to the west. The 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 Germans 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, Fighting Along the Lipa, “Fighting continues in the region of the lower Lipa, Half way be- tween Dubno and Sokal our troops having broken the enemy’s resistance, drove him back once more toward the west. In the coures of the night, we made prisoner, eleven officers and 992 ‘men and captured five machine guns. “Between the Styr and the Stokhod antl south of the Stockhod, fierce bat- tles continue. In the refilon of the Nijnaia Lipa we are closely pressin the enenty, who is defending himse! with great persistence. In the direc- tion of Kolomea we dislodged the enemy from several positions and, ursuing him, occupied the village of otok Tcharny, The booty taken here was four cannon and 500 prisoners, “We pierced two lines of enemy works south of Tzirine, northeast of Baranovitch, The battle: continues. In this fighting elterdlzy we captured seventy-two officers, 2,700 soldiers, eleven cannon an ral machine guns and bomb throy » SOMME BATTLE NOT ALLOWED 70 DRAG mly others threw up their hands.” Germans on the Alert. For a month' past the Germans have alert around the Somme andl orders had been given in 4 secret in circular to construct special entrench- ing & machine gun position, ' attalion mascot, a black afi.‘un mon- grel db{.mhy dead beside his human, pani 'h‘“ of whom had_fallen hthglt ces toward the German | Officers met on the front line agreed that' the new umy‘:cgdlouq eonl: nse e same thy " Ever, Iu'::ly were rushed from and Lille to meet the Anglo- : k. k e\‘{ltl:;c of Boisselle; mn;uq | {50 hotly contested, was observed : \ Ta be SAIL Yo Lot by gui the success of the B Taking refuge in d iif m:e N“K c:r'o.:f ¢ Germans al m . e8| There was a small |i:¢e ivors e (Continued NTS OF WAR h One off d Yave 1 aerial Dates withow : wno:. b , and four by action are in our hands.” _ On the Eastern Front. 'l‘h‘:“;?:,m:m regarding the east- group of Field Marshal e ol ik oo uently increased ufil‘ery activity, poinrému{h?e}a;_rmy: ':Q'& 'G‘n ol 1sczniew. attacked ides of Smorgon, without any advaritage but incurring group of Prince Leopold: attacks at points where ed in mak- ielded re- een offi- n: Russians yesterday again strong forces, part of them re- ml:t up to this front, in t us to stay our ad- |- cent! Rince, but were repulsed, Our at- ound, * and one-half miles wide more . than five and one-fourth twentysseven miles tish, but by German hich of nr.ftlfin at- machines put | ments, Saps had everywhere been pushed to within t{nt&-flu ‘yards.of the French barbed wire and numer- ous passages were cut in'the Germa wire entanglements to enable their 'patrols to spy out ‘qveo? sitgpicious movement, in any part of the French es. Extra shelters had been dug thirty feet behind the trenches so that the men could get into the trenches more quickly Wwhen the French bombard. /A whenever well placed; 'as ‘was that of Mereaucourt, were tirned into formidable redoubts, with specially constructed , shelt with iron girders over the entrances, Co?creu rotection was, erected to resist the big shells. At frequent in- rman | .‘What does I Light Hearted Havana” stand for ? XACTLY what - # A<4TomMoorestood THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1916. tervals there were armored concrete machine gun turrets, Preparations for Assault, In addition villages were trans- formed, houses were pulled down in order to give a uniform aspect and to prevent aviators 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 | they 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- panigs marched through Peronne. One after another: they reached Biaches, Flaucourt and then Herbecourt. i Thence progress was difficult, When they entered the communi- cating trenches leading to Frise the; came under a terrible shell fire whicf; caused heavy losses and once or twice a,fp.lmc started and was with great difficulty allayed by the officers. Reinforcements Arrive, Finally, toward 7 o'clock, the rein- forcementy, 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 o? the heavy French shells knocking their defenses to rowder, and now and then one shell would tear through the roof of their shelter and bury the occupants under a mass of earth and beams, Three hours later the French infan. try made a fresh attack upon Frige. Their advance was so-sudden that the Germans lost their hold on their posi- tions, The German officers ordered two companies of reinforcements to advance along the Somme canal, where they were eut up by the Freneh, ther companies 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, clolel{ pressed by the victorious French, FUNSTON IS FIXED FOR REAL FIGHTING (Continued from Page 1.) 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 regi- m'fl‘ leomplng, léd toithe belief that it had been fired by a sniper. The othter incident related to the engineer of the same train, who became un- conscious in his seat as.the train was approaching Lotdsburg! A wound was found on the back of his neck. ‘One of the enlisted men of E company, him- self a locomotive engineer, immedi- | ately tookvc%:gngc train ,‘M ught it to { . Small pox Is Present, The second battalion of the Secorid 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, H| Company of Waterbury, was not put with other Havana off the train when he first became ill, because it was thought he was only suffering from Chicken pox. The re- mainder of the troops in camp here are enjoying excellent health, Tacoma,Wash., July 4—The second regiment of the Washington National guard departed today for the 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—The 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 “ 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 once to Calixico, Cala, on the Mexi- can border. The company will get away probably tomorow, carrying complete equipment, including pon- toons, for bridging streams. The garrison hére 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 Magdalena 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, Ariz . 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. Restrictions on Travel. Brownsville, Tex., July 4—General Alfredo Ricaut, commanding the Mexican forces at Matamoros, today issued orders stopping 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. Springfield, 111, July 4—The Eighth qnegro) infantry regiment of the Illinois National Guard left for San Antonio early today. All the remain- ing mobilized troops of the state will depart tonight, An Agreeable Surprise. 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These qualities are the result of knowing just how to produce cigars a man may smoke quite freely without feeling over- smoked. If you arestill a stranger to Tom Moore, either as a dealer or a smoker, we believe it would pay you to find a place for this “light hearted Havana.” MOO Bulletin No. 5 The Bethlehem Steel Company’s Offer to Serve the United States 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 plant? To clear up the whole situation, and to put it on a basis as fair and business-like as we know how to express it, we now make this offer to the Government. The Bethlehem Steel Company will manufacture arm°r plate for the Gov'rn- m*nt of the United States at actual cost of operation plus such charges fo" overhead expenses, interest and depreciation as the Fed'ral Trade Commis- sion may fix. We will agree ‘o th's for such period as the Gov'rnment may 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. CHAS. M, SCHWAB, Chairman EUGENE G. GRACE, President Brthlehem S'eel Company. THE WORLD’S FAMOUS DRIVERS WILL POSITIVELY COMPETE AT THE Omaha Auto Speedway Championship Races Omabha, July 15, 1916 EDDIE RICKE Winner of BACKER—! r:-vl';‘x'l".'-'d"s:nwc'f;"n‘:u ‘past | famous driver. The only living driver | plon 1918, Winner of Chicage and In- two years. who has won the Vanderbilt cup twice. dianapolis Races 1916, IN ADDITION TO THESE THREE BIG STARS WE HAVE TH FOLLOWING NOTED ENTRIES: ‘ BILLY CHANDLER—Whe always gets in the money. 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