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WITH MILD ANSWER
EVADES QUERRY AS TO HIS IN
TENTIONS TO OUR SOLDIERS
UNGER OF WAR BEHOVED
WATCH BIG DRIVE
♦ ' ' ' J ;
l ^MY OFFICERS INTEREST
ED IN WESTERN FNHT
First Chief Says Withdrawal of
Troop* and Adequate Protection of
Border By Hi* Soldiers Will Create
CERMAN MAIN LINE SAFE
Good Understanding—Offers to Do' observers Say Allies Hare Had Time
His Part To Keep Peace.
. Oeneral Carranza's reply to the two
notea sent him by the United States
gersrnment was delivered to the
•Ute department early Wednesday by
n Mexican embassy attache
As soon as a translation of the
Spanish text could be made it was
•ant bo the White House. Until Sec
retary Lansing and President Wilson
JhAve had an opportunity to confer
there will b* no formal comment, bat
•oms state department officials did
not attempt to conceal the fact that
they considered the note most saatts-
factory and likely to remove all dan
ger of war. ^
The reply of the de facto govern
ment of Mexico to the demands of
the United Ststes, conciliatory in
terms and giving assurances of a
desire to resch s friendly adjustment
j»f the difficulties between the two
countries, was delivered to the state
department by a Mexican embassy
attache.
The text of the note follows:
“Washington, D. C.. July 4, 1911.
“Mr. Secretary: 1 have the honor
t* transmit in continuation tha taxt
•f a note I have Jost received from
my government with instructions to
present t* So your sscollsney:
„ ^ a ' ~f~~ " \
notes of June SO and S5 last. I have
the honor to say to your excellency
that the Immediate release of the
Oarrlial prisoners waa a further
proof of the sincerity of the deelrss
of this government to roach a pacific
and satisfactory arrangement of pres-
«at difficulties. This fovmwment is
to solve the pres teepee
tt would he an just If 1U attitude
« misinterpreted.
Tt wrs aleo th* Mexican govern
to Mass Men and Monitions for
Big Drive While Teutonic Efforts
Have Fallen Shorty-Nothing De
cisive Yet
Army officers are watching with"
intense interest the development of
the British and Frerch offensive on
the westorn battle front. High offi
cers said today that it is too early
yet to determine whether the big
drive now on ie destined to prove
decisive.
“The Anglo-Britlsh drive bears
the earmarks of being tho real
thing,” said one officer. “The at
tempted drive of a year ago started
out with a great splurge, and for a
time looked as If it might be the
long promised British drive, but it
accomplished nothing of value In the
way of permanent gains.
“The prcMeot forward move along
the Anglo-French front, on the other
hand, appears to have a much great
er driving force and may be strong
enough to shatter the German lines
all th* way through. Bnt the allies
should not count too much upon it.
It has not yet gone far enough to
Justify the belief that the Germans
will suffer a decialv^fiefoat on the
UVOC AMONR ALLIES DUE TO
USE IN CLOSE FNITlNi
HIDE ANB SEEK WARFARE
British Headquarters Report Says
German Operators Stay Behind to
Die but Not to Surrender—Dugouts
Are Found 80 Feet Beneath Sur
face and Others Are Beneath
These.
When the full story of the earlier
stages of the great battle of the
Sommo ccmes to be written. Its out
standing feature will almost certain
ly be the machine gun.
The small, light machine gun
that can be carried, mounted and
operated by one man has been the
principal ■ earn for hand grenades
—almost the only reliance of the
German defense, and has been re
sponsible for most of the allies'
ALLIES PLAN TO STARVE FOES
BY BUYING CROPS
Conversely, the British machine
gnus, carried forward with the
storming lines and set np instantly
in the captured positions, have
been the chief reliance in holding
them against counter attacks until
the defense can be organized.
The Germans are fighting with
desperate tenacity, valor and re
sourcefulness, this last quality be
ing displayed In the devices which
have been Invented and put lu play
to prevent or delay the allied ad
vance. It la wonderful how well the
Germans have protected their ma
chine guns from the devastating ef
fects of the preliminary bombard
ment.
They have stowed them away In
deep dugouts, Into which no shell fire
could penetrate, have dragged them
again Into the light to place them on
UtAjarapsu. and have wronghj fel
work against the Britl" ‘
"This is true, however: The Brit
ish have had a whole year to pre
pare for the major movement they
are now undertaking m co-operation
with the French. That they have
utlllxod the time to the host pos
sible advantage Is mods apparent
by the press reports of th* supplies
of guns,
sqnlpassat,
000 miles of railroad behind the
lines of the alllee to facilitate troop
and supply movements, and th* mst-
*nt that earnestly suggested a plan' ways to makt more efficient the
NEUTRALS to BE FORCER
sn officer nor a soldier I have seen
emerging from the thick of the fight
ing who doot not agree that the mod
ern machine gun la the bugbear of
any advance against a enemy posi
tion. •
The German marhin J gnaws a dies
bnt never surrenders. He is content
ammunition and other 1 10 rrsnain behind aU his comrades in
the construction of J.- oc<1 * >r *<> Ponr a deadly h-Ul of bul
lets lato aa advancing line, and he
eaatoe
along the boundary many thousands of motor vehicles
line during the conferences of Ciodad
Juarez and K1 Paso. This govera-
ment Is disposed now, as It has al-
ways been, to eeek an Immediate ao-
Dntisn Of the two points which con-
used In 'fa* military service.
"Th* present drive should demon
strate whether the British General
Staff learned a year ago how to go
through the German lines. If they
n, they should be
go through, provided that
a eh, Rneelaae and lu
atHuts the true causes of eon filet be- obtained suck knowledge their effort
tween Ifcqjvo.countries, to wit: | at Loo* was worth while from s
Th# American govsrnmaat believes military standpoint
reasonably that th# insecurity of Its
frontier Is a source of difficulty and
tha Mexican government on Its part
hnlievw that tha stay of American
troops on Mexican territory, aside
fTOrn being a trespass on th* sorer-
sttgaty of Mexico, la th* Immediate
cause of th* con filets.
“Therefore, the withdraeral of Am-
•rtoan troops, on oa* hand, and the
protection of tho frontlor, on the
other, are the two oesentlal prob
lems, the solution of which must be
tho directing object of the efforts
of both governments.
*' The Mexican government is wilt
ing to consider In a quick end prac-
Ocal way and pr^ipted by a spirit
of concord the remedies which should
be applied to the present situation.
“ ‘Several Latln-Amerlcan coun
tries have offered their friendly med
iation to the Mexican government and
slve, with
reserve to fill
able to
the French,
to
busy at
prevent the traasfer of huge
from one front to the other.
“From the standpoint of the al-
IIss, it is too bad that tho present
offensive on ths western front could
not hsvs begun simultaneously with
ths drive of Russia in Volhynta.
Galicia and Bukowtna, which has
i accomplished highly Important gains
for Russia.
“However, with a sufficient num
ber of trained men and ample sup
plies of guns end ammunition, oven
the German lines can be smashed.
In this- eonnsetfoir~ nTTW
noted that Berlin dispatches con-
the latter has accepted in principle, cernlng the Anglo-French offensive
Therefore, the Mexican govornment take a sober view of It. While it
only awaits Information that ther gov- * 1 is announced that Germany has pre-
ernment of ths United States would pared to meet Just such an offeualve
le disposed to accept this mediation 1 and has at least 800,000
for the purpose mentioned above or the line attacked and in
men on
reserve,
whether above or whether It Is still German officials obviously realize
of the belief that the same results that the greatest test of their arms
may be attained by means of direct and efficiency lies In the immediate
negotiations between both govern- future.
menta. ^ I "Human life cannot exist In the
..“‘In the meantime this govern- face of the curtains of artillery fire
meat propoeee to enlploy all efforts such as havo been used by both sides
th^ may be at its disposal to avoid in some of their more recent move-
thc recurrence of new Incidents which, menta. It is only to be expected,
may complicate and aggravate the therefore, great loss of life will como
situation. At the same time It hopes to the British and French, as well as
that the American government, on, to the Germans, in this latest for
ward movement of the allies.
“The manner In which France has
been able to hold back Germany at
Verdun, dqspltc the use of the cur
tain of fire and every other devlco
of modern warfare, may In a meas
ure forecast the result of the Brit
ish drive. Germany at no time had
quite enough men and material on
hand to go dear through the French
line, and wasted much of her effeo-
tts part, may make use of all efforts
to prevent also new acts of its mili
tary and civil authorities on the fron
tier that might cause new complica
tions.
*‘ T avail myself of this opportun
ity to reiterate to your excellency the
assurance of my most distinguished
consideration.
(Signed) r *C. Aguilar.’
How
muchdamage a few men of this stamp
may inflict on their tosmen was
shown in ths advance of th* Gordon
Highlanders against Mamets.
Only 189 yards separated them
from th* German trench line, bat
the moment the British barrier fire
ceased tae Germans traised machine
guns on the advancing Highlanders
and swept them with a terrific firs,
yet th* regiment won through.
It had the slagnlar ill-luck to
strike one machine gna section at
Mamets which was ready to turn on
th* tap at th* iastaat they wars
leaving the trenches. They were re
lieved largely by North Country bat
talions. who hold on to ths Germans
with grim determination and drove
them back with severe 1
Game of Hide and
The Germans have also need their
deep dugouta as rallying points, al
though frequently they have been
dangerous ones, as once faidy caught
Inside, they have had their choice be
tween surrendering and being blown
up by bombs thrown into the door
way.
Thanks to the remarkable effic
iency of the new British mortars—
Invented by a young British civil en
gineer In the Ei
Berlin Correspondent of New York
Times Tells His Paper of Latest
News in Germany—No Submarine
Revivals, but Officials Are Hoping
That Wilson WiH Take a Hand in
Obtaining Neutral's Rights.
With the military events at all
fronts hastening toward a climax,
all signs indicate that simultan
eously the Allies^ great general
economic offensive against the
Central Powers has began. Spe
cifically, a food fight to a finish
has started through a sharpened
British blockade, reinforced by
economic political pressure against
nearby neutrals.
Thus .the Berlin Tageblatt says:
“It means a sharpened war against
the civil population after the pros
pects of victory over our soldiers had
disappeared. It Is possible that we
shall In many ways feel the effects
of a sharpened blockade, though how
far the law of the sea is subject to
Britain’s tender mercies, to which all
the signatories of the London declar
atlon are invited to bow down, will
work out In practice is . .nother mat
ter.
“England may attempt to declare
everything contraband that floats on
the high seas toward Germany’s
neighboring shores. It may under
take to make a rationisation of the
population of Holland, Sweden and
other countries still snarper, to in
troduce a blockade of neutrals, aa
the latest discovery of British civili
sation, Into International law, and to
make of Holland a second Greece.
Wb can quietly wait and see what
Mtai* end pwHtl
.qnenue eiuih puliu; niirff
future, it may bring na moral
advantages that may outweigh the
harm that still can result to as.”
Bwt tt 1s not so nsnch Use Paris
conference and the abrogation of
the London declaration aa private
reports pouring la from Holland,
the gcaadiaartaa countries, and
ttwttnsrland and Maaiaala, which
have brought borne to the Ger
mans the fact that the economic
and particularly the food war baa
entered n
be expected to
take the. form of economic counter-
pressure, probably through threaten-
ed embargos on Coal, iron and other
raw materials and manufactured
goods needed by the neutrals. The
effectiveness of these new dofonsive
tactics is betng watched with the
llvest Interest in the case of Switzer
land, Germany's next move depend
ing on the success or failure of the
present Swiss negotiations with the
French Government.
It seems certain that Germany,
which has been sending coal and
iron to Switserland unconditionally
and other goods on a trade basis,
will now Insist that Switzerland car
ry out her share of the bargain by
reciprocally releasing goods of equal
value, desired by Germany, despite
the French economic pressure.
Of equal Interest is the fight for
Holland’s, surplus food. The Increas
ing pressure of England Is already
seen here in Holland’s embargo on
fish and potatoes. It Is said and be
loved that England has unofficially
sbunded Holland regarding a com-
Interdlction of all food exports
to Germany, demanding that Hol
land’s surplus food be exported ex
clusively to England and her allies.
Holland Is also to bind herself not to
send goods to Switzerland or Luxem
burg via Germany, except. In the case
of Luxemburg, viith the express con
sent of England, while goods for
Switzerland were to go via France-
How far Holland will give ta to these
alleged English demands Is the sutK
ject of Interested speculation here.
The Russian Bukowlna successes
have so far been powerless to disturb
the new commercial relations be
tween Rumania and the Central Pow
ers. The lateet Bucharest reports
indicate that all the allied attempts
to get control of Rumania's flour
and grain are being defeated.
gJPtMn service—there
mile codplaint of a
«r
“Having thus complied with high-
Instructions of my government, It f tive 8tro gth 1,1 th ® attempt.
> « . . . t “If ! a r\s'k£tai Kin flint tlin
afford* me pleasure to reiterate to I possible that the British
your excellency the aseurances of my h as massed a sufficient num-
blghest consideration.
(Signed) "E. Arredondo.’
CAPTURE BRITISH SHIP
Ctarman Fleet Takes Prize Near
Coasts of England.
her of men and material to do a
vastly better job than tho German
Crown Prince has done at Verdun.
Some of the Berlin dispatches seem
to indicate .that German officers of
high rank believe tho fighting of the
next weeks will mark the climax of
the war. If the expressions credit
ed to them are authentlcs, thej„
| that the- Genrrsns themselves
— OfflcftT announcement was made pra«mt British action -lg ~the't unusually low, and most of tho men
In Berlin Friday that the British lon ® P romlted drive, which was first knocked over will be back In line
steamship Lestrls was held up by, scheduled for the spring of 1815.
German warships near the English 1 _ So . ** r ' corns®, the Anglo-
«oast and seized as a prize. The J7 cn ch drive has gone through first
•tatement says the Lestrls was held L ne benches only. In p few places
|>7 a portion of the German high , e3r pierced second line
■aa forces.’’ i trenches. But tke real fighting is
2 s "affi 0 * ° t i the 0er i?‘ n . of
“t C * te8 * rt niL eMt e * J - ** bBt reasonable to soppoae
high tea fleet was that the Gcmnaa General Staff has
Brat
•f th* German
near the English]
Lee trie was seised.
when thai
Lestrls is a steamshij
exploit
Oa Jana II the Brlttah
Brussels was captured by
destroyers and taken with
tote
ftaanch
This
i become
ns that the British
and French commanders have their
wogk cut out for them, no matter
how well prepared for It they may
nature common In earlier British at
tacks, that the barbed wire wac not
properly cut. Nearly everywhere,
during the present attack, the en
tanglements have been swept com
pletely out of existence.
At Frlcourt, as everywhere else,
the British have had to search the
German dugouts with the utmost
care to prevent an eruption of Ger
man machine gan fire In their rear
after they had supposed a position
was completely in their hands. They
have fonnd (logouts beneath dogouts.
At the bottom of snuggeries thirty
feet deen the British investigators
have found trapdoors giving access
to yet deeper dwellings, in several
instances well stored with beer.
The British gunners, although
they have kept up an incessant fire
for a weok, are now working harder
than ever, moving their guns forward
to new positions lor the next stage
In the attack. So weary are the mdn
that as soon as a battery is allowed
to cease firing for a moment, Its
gun crews stretch themselves out and
fall peacefully asleep in the midst
of the thunder of the other guns all
around them.
At army headquarters the com
pleteness of the advance preparations
Is shown by the unemotional manner
in which the day’s routine goes for
ward, without any noticeable differ
ence from the quiet, businesslike
methods which have become the rule.
Not only have the British losses
been lighter than was to have been
expected, but It Is declared the per-
of killed—sb*- seriously
wounded to the total casualties
fare long.
Never before have British aviators
done such daring work as they have
show" during this .battle. The story
is told of one man in a fast mono
plane who swooped down above the
vary battla-line to within 500 feet of
4hp point where the.British and Ger
man Infantry were at death-grips.
Me Wes able to .Agtiagnlsh clearly
tottaiv khakl and C
Trustworthy confidential reports
Indicate that the British Government
hea already begun negotiations with
the representatives of nearby neutral
States with the object of bringing
abont e cessation of all exports on
the pert of these neetrels to Gar
many. Eagiaad ie reported to be
offering compensation by sgieelng to
bay for tte own nceoant nod that of
Me Albas tits neutral sarphm hi
vesta, sad in general nil goods that
would normally to exported to Gsr-
An Amsterdam report says further
that reprisals are bald la prospect In
case th* neutrals do not accept these
conditions. Ther* is a persistent re
port. too. that Italy Is being urged
by the Allies to abrogate bar com
martial treaties with Germany. This
indicates efforts to make this eco
nomic offensive general. Momentar
ily Switzerland Is ths most Interest
ing theatre of th* economic war.
That Germany will not look on
quietly while these convenient open
neutral back doors and side doors
are being slammed and bolted by the
Alliee la a truism. The only doubt
Is what countermeasures Germany
wHl try agalhst England.
It can be stated with reasonable
certainty that there is ao possibility
of a submarine revival in the imme
diate future, despite the very live and
well-organized subterranean agita
tion that continue*. After the noisy
but meantaglesa political quarrels
and party controverqjea of the last
few weeks, and the attacks of no
deep significance on the Chaucellor,
the parties and' factions are on the
evs of a love feast and there is a
strong tendency for everybody to get
behind the Chancellor during the
coming critical months of the war.
HERMANS HAMPER DHTISB
FORTS BY FIERCE ASSADL1
FRENCH MAKE MORE GAINS
v*
DANIELS 5 YEAR NAVAL
PR06RAM CUT TO THREE
Congress Will Provide Eight Big
Ships This Year and Correspond'
log Auxiliaries,
acmtyy nantais’
completion In three years if the rec
ommendation ia adopted by Con
gresa. President Wilson Is strongly
backing th* proposal.
The plan for four superdre*d>-
nought battleships and four battle
cruisers adopted by the Senate sub
committee for this year’s building
program, has not been changed;; In
fact, the only change In the building
program tor this year in an Increase
In the number of dostroyors to
twenty. But the crowding of the
entire building program for five
years into three amounts to almost
doubling the naval increase and
calls for the expenditure of f&OO,-
000.000.
By January 1, 1010, the United
States navy will be composed of the
following ships. If the recommenda
tion Is adopted:
Tweaty-eeven battleships of the
first Un*.
Six tottls cruisers.
Tweaty-flv* battleships of ths ssc-
llne.
Ten armored cruisers.
Thirteen scout cruisers.
Five first class cruisers^*
Three second class cruisers.
Ten third class cruisers.
One hundred and eight destroyers.
Eighteen fleeT~feabinarlnea
One hundred and flfty-sevan coast
submarines.
Six nouitort.
Twenty gunboats!"** ~
Four supply ships, fifteen fuel
ships.
Four transports, three tenders to
torpedo vessels,
ElghL.vessels of upeclal types and
two ammunition ships
The Chancellor being now
stronger than ever before, the hope
has not been entirely given op in
official quarters that the Ameri
can Government will yet take ef
fective action against what are re
garded as England’* increasing
violations of international law, and
the possibility Is at least
being taken into account In high
places that President Wilson may
again seize the opportunity to play
the role of the champion of the
rights of the small neutrals.
Germany’s countermeasures against
the sharpened blockade for the pres-
fine big fellows, but there is A fair
number of middle-aged and also some
very youthful soldiers among them.
A Sergeant In tile Manchester said:
I brought In two lads who did qot
look more than fifteen. Upon my
word, I was ashamed to do it. but
they were very nice boys,, and they
cut the buttons oft-tfretWonlcs kri<T
handed them to us as keepsakes.
-The~ Brltlih —have captured very
few guns, which Is taken here as a
sign that the Germans have been
very busy moving their artillery fur
ther back, while the British artillery
has been brought forward.
It mast be emphasized that the
references in the official bulletins to
the “German first line” do not refer
merely to the first German trench,
bnt to the whole system of flrstipoti-
tion. defenses, from half a mile to a
mile deep, with labyrinths of
to the
data. Baton* these positions, now
ths hands of th* allies, are aeeond
and third Unas equally ctrong. and
the mistake made last fall, la at
tacking th* second Ua# before tho
artWsrr
way, Is not
RETREAT IN TflE EAST
Rome Says Teutons Ard^ Leaving
Post From Riga to Yolhynia.
A German retreat all along the
line of the front in Russia from
Riga to Volhynia Is reported Friday.
The unofficial news to this effect
comes from Petrograd through
Rome. It declares that a triple de
feat for the Germans in Riga, Kolkl
and Baranovichi sectors caused them
to begin a movement of their whole
front westward.
Petrograd recently has announced
successes in regions mentioned In
the Rome advices. The last report
from the vicinity of Kilki, In the cru
cial Volhynia sector, recorded the
capture by the Russians of more
than 7,500 prisoners, half a dozen
cannon and 23 machine guns.
TO DECURE BLOCKADE
-" ■ ♦ i
Great BritalarTo Strengthen Her Po
sitions In International Law.
1 • ' ' ' ' - ; . , - ",
Neutral diplomats In London ex
press the belief that the existing Ord
ers in Cquniil win he superseded by
te declaration of an actual blockade,
in pursuance of Great Britain’s avow
ed intention of strengthening her
legal-position. - - _
tfcr^viaehce of an act^aL-change
Ih the administration of the block
ade has been procurable since the
announcement 6f the abandonment
of the Declaration of London. How-
eve* the Increased economic pressure
on Germany which rscently has be
come apparent, is due, according to
the besf informed neutral diplomats,
to ths British campaign in Holland
and Sweden, resulting In the pur
chase of products which otherwise
probably would, have found their way
to Germany.
Slavs Begin New Counter 8trok(
Against Teutons Bnt Germans Con
tinue Desperate Attacks Against
Verdun, Retaking Thlaomont Fo>
Fourth Time—Italians Make Strem
nous Efforts.
French troops, co-operating with
the British in the Somme region have
straightened their line by the capture
of Barleux, Belloy-En-Santerre and
Estres, and are advancing on a con
siderably wider front toward Pe-
ronne. At Estres,. where 500 pris
oners were taken, the fighting is still
going on furiously.
On the British end of the line
slight progresl has been made at
some points. . Unofficial dispatches
s&y that the entire British front of
ninety miles Is bearing its full share
of the battle, but it Is toward the
south that the heaviest fighting Is
under way.
A high British officer is authority
for the statement that artillery prep
arations will precede all further ih-
fantry attacks, as the resourceful
ness, determination and fighting
qualities of the Germans, as well as
the power of their defences, are well
recognized.
Although the French are maklq
steady advance in the Somme
without apparently heavy easuj
and now face an easier task, ac<?
Ing to expert opinion, to reach tf
objective, the river itself, the Verdun
army is engaged In particularly
heavy fighting, the Germans not hav
ing permitted the battle of the
fljfttotf—s.wllh Ihsl*
The total number of prisoners
taken np to Wednesday noon in th#
Anglo-French offensive probably has
reached 11,000. Judging from thee*
flgurea. the German losses as a whole,
tt Ip estimated tn France, have ton
the csirnrre ~of the great
fortreks. ,
Ths Germans have taken ths Thla-
umont work for the fourth tlms,
after a terrific bombardment and by
a massed attack. Around this work,
which has been the centre of des
perate attacks and counter attacks,
for many days past thousands of men
have fallen, for this ts a position
which Is essential to the Germans for
carrying their advance nearer to Ver
dun Itself, and to the French to keep
their resistance Intact.
Russians and Italians are lending
ail their strength to the combined
blow against the Central Powers, and
Bucharest reports a significant move
ment of Russian patrols, who ars
said to have advanced from Kimpo-
lung. In Bnkowlna, and entered Hun
garian territory. All along the Run-
si an front engagements of the sever
est character are in progress, end tha
Russians, driving north from Kofo-
msa, have advanced more than
twenty miles, and are threatening to
outflank Gea. Von Bothmer’s army
and tbs Austro-Germ an force# in the
Tarnopol region. Should this Rus
sian movement prove successful. Von
Bothmer may have to fall back on
Lemberg.
The Russians report the capture of
many guns and more than 3.000 pris
oners on the various sectors of the
eastern front.
Though the official communica
tions with respect to the battles
along the Austro-Italian front give
only a meagre Idea of the situation
as a whole, that issued by the Ital
ian war office indicates that the ar
tillery and infantry fighting is of a
continuous and desperate nature. The
Austrian war office is silent regard
ing the operations against the Ital
ians.
An entirely new offensive has
opened against Prince Leopl
Bavarian forces in the region!
Baranovichi, where the Russli
have pierced the German lines at two
places, while the Italians are main
taining strong pressure along their
entire front.
The British newspapers consider
that these events prove that the mo
ment “of the great squeeze" has at
last arrived and not since the war
began have hopes run so high. Never
theless, almost every British corre
spondent on the western front warns
against being over-sanguine, and
dally reiterates that the progress
must necessarily be slow and
methodically.
Up to the present the Anglo-
French captured ih the battle of the
Somme total more than 14,000 pris
oners, twelve heavy guns and twenty-
eight field guns. This booty repre
sents for the man in the street a
very satisfactory result of a little
over three days’ fighting.
The two British official dispatches
issued Tuesday record little change
In tne situation on the British front.
They show that the Germans have
brought up strong reinforcements
from other parts of their line and
are stubbornly contesting every yard
of the British advance.
Torrential rains, however, hamper
ed the operations and the British
action - was confined mostly to con
solidating ground won.
The French have captured two
moro villages and aro on good roads
to *Perrone. Bub there is no decrease
in the violence of the German at
tacks at Verdun. Advices from ‘Ger
man war correspondents indicate the
realization that the Central Powers
are losing the initiative, which their
favorable position on the Interior
lines enabled them to hold through
out the war.
Moreover, in .commenting on
enormons resources in munition!
and war matertal the j^je^^
nteatta of preparation they*
equally realize that a profound
change has taken place la the rela
tions of th* belligerents.
Simultaneously with the opening
of the Anglo-French offensive the
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