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_ MON, JULY 19. :. |{|a frontot 500 meters,»

Paris (midnight: The Franco:
British - forces, i ina concentrated

attack north. of the Somme, ‘cap-
tured a valuable hill: from: the.

enemy. Several hundred Prigon-!:
' érs were taken in this enterprise.
Notwithstanding persistent: Tain
and fog, our troops’ delivered: an;
assault this morning on the. vil~
lage of Hardecourt‘and’ ‘Mameton, '
‘to the north,in. co-operation with
the British, who attacked the
Bois de Trones’ and: -a farm site
uated southeast of the wood.“"The Drisoners'were taken, ;
Allied troops took. possession - of | The. Gerians made. attacks at
the desired objects in 85.minutes, five Points simultaneoualy i in' the
Two German éounter-attacksfrom Vosges, but ail, were’ completely
the north'and east were launched checked: by the fire ‘of the Frénch|
in \the-afternoon ‘against Mame- machine’ ‘guns, In ‘Vei‘dun sector

artillery” fire: continaed ‘at'Chat-
‘sufering heavy loser. Seatearl tanneourt, Fleury and L La + Laufee.
the Somme there ‘was nothing, of || London: ihe,
: importance. ° made. galrg. in. the
-On.the Verdun front: our first ‘of Ovillers and. Laboisselie!’: ‘The.
and second line trenches: were Germans’ jaunched: : six . separate
* subjected. to an. intermittent bom: attack: ‘onthe British’ ‘at ‘Tronés|
bardment. . ‘On the left bank: of [ -wood.:- ’ The sixth succeeded” in
“the "Meuse ‘the’ “enemy's. heavy, penctrating-« part ofthe wood.
“artillery ‘is saetive, . its" fire con-|. «There ‘is artillery. activity 2 on
i viglent i in nthe sectors the

‘in the: ieighbarhded' of Barleux; |’
Tn this section 950 Germans were
captured | yesterday and last night,

“French operations south of the
‘Somme: have. advaneed to within
a mile of ‘Peréniné: ” The summit
of ‘Hill 97,: strongly: held: by. the
‘Germans and considered. impreg-}.
nable,- commanding: the Somme| E
valley. southeast of Biaches, has]
been: captured: by: the: French i in.

: ba
Damloup b battery. nae . “| General: Brusiloff’s armies have
In Belgium, ‘on the Boesinghe- made brilliantmanetivers between
" Steenstraaete. front, we continued

“successfully a destructive fire. on ‘Lutsk, and. have. suceeeded ih off «

‘the German. defensive. works, detting com se aneade t

The enemy replied feebly, : obtained: a
‘Loridon::: Despatches from: the||

front’ say the British and. French,

- ‘troops An, conjunction advanced
half: a ‘mile on a ‘eon

“drops
on the ine coast, ° “No detaila|

: have. -been published, |
* ‘Five contingents: ‘of. Russians n
‘have’ now landed --at'-Marseitles, | It
after fraveling 17,000 .miles:'to

+ continue to drive. back the-enemy |®
“on the Stokhad | T

ing in. the | ‘capture o of bxéiches on |e

‘ On: theSomme front the French | wi
took a’ line. of - German positions t

two: days: : a Thirteen - ‘hundred | poi it

were unable to ‘obtain: ‘provisions, :

indo After an’ “ABgal t. Jat
night” the British r remain in pos-| tr
session of Contalmaison, holding oe
it against. enemy counter-attacks t

and a furious shell fire,” Fighting
continues mri Ovillers: and “Li

metz" wood aha’ ‘took’. all” hae the79!

ly-disputed,
peac-shaped | ‘Trones: ‘wood, ‘elear-
ing. the way’ ‘with: each’ atep: to-

‘ward -the German sécond line’on a in

‘the ridges | 1d.

The » infantry. ig .at:such’ close,
quarters that the guns : on: “each
side are notfiring at the first line
for fear of hitting: their 9 own: men.

tinue: toad vance. on Kovel and: are
Tiow: engaged - -da a: pitched’ battle
on, the Stokhod.: 1 the? if
the. frotit. fighting ‘i ig; ‘continnous,

- Prisoners: captured. in General | P82!
‘Brusilof’s operations to July: 10|.

number 5620 officers, 268; 000° men,
{sl2 guns, and: ‘866. ‘machine: wun. ;

“Berne? One’ hundred: traintoads,
= [comprising 60, 000 troops; used in|.
the. coceupation - of Monténégco,
| Servia- Transylvania; : now]

re Was 80: thick. ‘they sistar