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NC FOR 455,000 TEUTONS NOW
Latest Offensive Has Taken 235,000 Prisoners
Killed or Wounded. 2201000.
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natal oil Taken, and Many German Troops
Hindenberg Helpless.
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DRIVEN BACK FIVE MILES,
Vienna Cable. --A defeat for the
Austrians, in which they were driven
back nearly five miles on the Del-
atyn-Kolomea road, is officially ad-
mitted he the statement Wetted by the
Auetrian War Office to -day, The text
of the statement follows: "Near
Sadzadkaz the enemy, wan superzor
forces, was successful in penetrating
our positions, We now occupy a line
extending about five miles to the
west."
Without the actual figurete regard -
Ing the dead and wounded careful es-
timates by milleary experts, based on
the best information, place the latter
at MAO to 220;000. The Austrians
predominate overwhelmingly suliong
' the prisoners, but among the dead
aud wounded it is said that a fairly
large percentage are Germans. The
German tones in !topping the Rue -
elan advance on 'Covet and 1i.i eoun-
ter-attacks made in solid ranks were
enormous.
The booty captured reaches incal-
culable figuees. It is figuved that 250
guns of various sizes and upwards, of
700 machine guns is a conservative
eetimate, In addition vast quantities
of munitions, supplies and transports
bave fallen into the handei of the Sus -
i_ einem,
NEW BODY BLOW.
The success of Gen. Letchitzy's ad-
vance west a Kolomea, where he has
cut the railroad into Hungary at
.Mikuliczyn, is emphasized as a new
body -blow to the Austrian advance of
least Gaticia. Northwest of Kolornea
his troops are within ten miles of
Nadworna, well to the rear a the
Austrian rigkt flank facing Tarnopol,
between the Stripa and Zlota Lipa
Rivers.
On the extreme right flank a Brus-
iloff's front the Russians ere vicious-
ly attacking the Germans at Gear-
torysk and Kolki. They have broken
through several lines of the enemy's
fortificatione here, threatening the
flank of the German positions before
Lutsk. These successes have consid-
erably lcesenea the pressure on the
Russian centre in this district.
Another interesting situation is de-
veloping at Baranoviche where the
•I advance of, the Russian offensive has
brought theirheavy guns within
reach of that timportant 'railway juncg
on.
10,000 MORE PRISONERS.' " •
To -day's official report chronicles
important new succeeees for the,Rus-
stens, in which 10,000 prisonere were
taken. The statement reads:
"South of the.Pinek marshes We had
important new succesees yesterday.
In the region of Kostioukhovka we
captured an entire enemy battery and
took prisonee 22 officere and 350 col-
diers, Northweet of Raznitchi, on the
Styr, north of Kolki, we yesterday
captured two cannon, three machine
guns and 2,300 prisoners. North of
Stegrouviatine we captured enemy
trenches and took more than 300
prisoners and one machine gun.
"Between the Styr and the Stok-
hod, weet of Sokal and southward,
the enemy launched some vain coun-
ter-attacke under the protectiou of
artillery.
"Galicia—After intense artillery
preparations we took an energetic
offensive wept of the lower Stripa and
on the right bank of the Dnieater.
The enemy was defeated and driven
back, Our troops are approaching the
Koropice and Souhodelek Rivers, tri-
butaries of the Dniester. We took here I
yesterday; nearie 5,00 prisoners and
11 machine guns. We loot the Israve
Captain Llegolioubsity, killed In go -
:teem"
PUT ALL TO THE BAYONET.
"In the course of an attack on the
village of Vertniki the 'Germane re -
our troops with liquid fire.
Owing to their conduct we put all
the Germans to the bayonet when we
captured the village. We took pris.
oners in thie region more than 1,000
men. At one point in this eection
our Crimetu Tartare cearged ;the
enemy and put him to flight.
"Yesterday a band of 20 Cossaeks
swam. the Dniester near Donn and
took prisoners on the right bank five
officers and 108 eoldters. They cap -
tura a cannon,
"In the region of Riga t.he Ger-
mans launched counter-attacks against
a position wbioh we had captured
from them, and our troops retired
to their former pceitions, taking with
them prisoners and arms.
"On the 'twine front and the Dying*
positions, and farther south, there has
been lively artillery fire at numerous
Points. Near Boyaree on the Dvina
above Friedrichetadt, our light artil-
lery smashed a German light battery.
Attempts by the Germans • to remove
the guns were unsuccessful. The
gun team, which endeavored. to save
one of them, was annihilated. All
the guns were eventually abandoned.
"In the direction of Baranovichl
the fighting continuea, developing to
our advantage. The enemy deliver-
ed repeated counter-attacks in order
to regain positions geptured by us,
but each was easily repulsed.
"Between. Monday and 'Wednesday
we captured altogether 78 officers
and about 3,040 men."
HINDENBERG POWERLESS.
London Cable.—The results of
the staff conference of the Allies in
Loudon. in May and June are becom-
ing continually more apparent in the
co-ordination of the Allied attacks on
the Teutonic forces and increas-
ing evidence of the initiative
Passing trom the Teuton t to the ;Al-
lies at almost all points.
To -day's news- from Petrograd Is
highly important in the light of s•the
future development of the Soneme
battle. The news that the trtussitans
ha..ve .capeured erieeners on
the Dniester front appears to leave
little doubt of the collapse of the
esuetrian forces between Buezacz and
*Staiiislau, which will greatly laffect
the army of General von. Bothmea
compelling him to retire northward,
while the advance pn Delatyn and
the seizure et the railway cuts off
von Bothmer frem the chief base Of
supplies..
The prospect of Field Marshal von
Hindenburg being able to make an
effective diversion is believed here to
be dwindling,and while the Germane
aro desperately engaged in trying to
meet the Russian offensive at Bar-
anovichi, the Russian general Kale -
dines ie. developing a strong attack
on both sides of the Kiev-KoveI
The question arises among military
men here as to how 'Germany can
come te the assistance of her Aus-
trian allies without further denuding
her forces on the western. •front, and
It is considered inmossible for Aus-
tria to risk withdrawing more of her
own troops from . the Italian front. It
will be interesting to watch the -1•e-
actien of the western me eastern
front% ox 'ascii °thee in the develop-
ment of the battle of the Somme and
the continued German offensivo. on
the banks of the Meuse.
ENDS IN CLAIM
OF SEA VICTORY
Jellicoe's Report of Jutland
Battle Conclusive.
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Admiral 13ridge Highly
Praises the Fleet.
London Cable,—(New York Times
eable.)—.Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's re-
port on the battle off Jutland bank is
here regarded as cempletely dieposing
�f the last, vestige of the Gernian
claim of victory, Here and there one
finds a certain disposition to question
the strategy On the battle, particular -
In the general dispoeition of the let -R-
OM forces at the outset, but. In the
main, opinion is strongly In support of
the Strategical dispositiene. Suck cri-
ticismu of Admiral Beatty's tactics as
have 'been heard are now silenced by
Vico-Admiral ,Tellicoe's high praise of
the commander of the battle cruiser.
squadron. In the highest naval cir.
elle; Beatty is spoken of as a new 14e1-
13011, Altogalter, the report is regard.,
td an extremely satisfactory, although
the regret which shows in Admiral
• jellieoe's phrase that he was "reltic.
tantly cetepelled to the conclusion that
the high seas fleet had returned to
4 ,
port," ie univereal, Admiral 3'611100e
teport of enemy 'ogees Is considered
e• very conservative. Admiralty esti-
mates of the German tonnage loSt
fellow a total of 116,000 tens, while the
British Ineses amounted to 112,000
tome
Admiral. Sir Cyprian Bridge has prc.
panel the following conimentary Ok
Atledral ;rollick's report:
"To my mind, in general the eue
aagement tehowa highly distingulehed
tetra/pale eonception highly tapable
tactical h ading, great realliness to
celee hal-Wive, and admirable- support
of their leadere by all ranks, It Was
a brilliant aeldevoment for the British
navy. To put the ell:nation succinctly,
it tarty 10. Ettid that before the battle
the Waal fleet ati SCA ;WU divided
ftflo two Carte, 'Ono foace under Sir
David Beatty, and the other, the bat-
tle fleet, or main body, under the com-
mander-in-chief, Sir John Jellicoe.
This dietribution of the ships was the
dominating factor in bringing on the
battle,- Had the whole British fleet
been massed and close together, it is
more than likely that no battle would
have ,occurrea at all. So, With the
l3ritish fleet divided, the Germans
were engaged to give battle with Beat-
ty, Sir David, determined to get them
into a fight, arranged the management
of the action so that he could draw
them nearer and nearer to jellieoe's
main body, which was coming up in
support. He thus greatly shortened
the interval between the first collision
and eventual participation in the ac-
tion by Jellicoe's battleships, Even to
a layman it mast be plain that this
was a tactical performance of the
highest merit."
"A. satisfactory thing about the
whole engagement, without going into
infinite detail's, was that the naval ma-
terial and appliances of to -day, which
had not been long enough in use to
permit of. our knowing how they
might be employed, were suecessfully
nandlod, and proved almost free from
breakdowns. The gunnery of the Brit
ish fleet was the more accetrate of the
two. This was duo not only to very
thorough training, but also to the cool
and deliberate manner ii which the
guns were fired. The Germens, in the
earlier stages of the battle, tired more
rapidly, but after their early shots
they showed no accuraey ot attn. As
to the whole engagement, after rend-
ing Ade -arta Jellicoe's report, I
say unhesitatingly that it was one of
the most decieive victoriee the British
ever fouglit. In feet, there are oillY
three ahem, to MY mind, *Whitt out -
vie it in resect to strategy and final
result. These ,are Lord Nal:vices' Bat-
tle of Quiberon, Nelson's Battle of the'
Nilo, and Nelson's Trafalgar."
AVIATOR •PLEW OVER WINDSOR,
Windsor, ettly G,' -Plying at a height a
abait 'one thousmul feet. a large biplane
eireled over Windsor for half an liour
tplq afternoon, Mg flight being wititessel
by hundreds on the streets. No attempt
uas made by military P'dards' to bring
the maeltim., although orders to
ohi it any aviator 'flying over tlanadian
territory WPro 10[10411 ItSvotol, months ago.
The identity of tli_O niyatery,
To Mean a black eilk, epoitge it with
equal parts of black tea and vinegar.
altake until neerly day and then press
with an iroti that 1 emit net.
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NOW FADING"
THEIR CRISIS
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Great Offensive On East and
West Front Brings Su-
preme Test.
RESERVES TOO FEW
Cannot Strengthen Line
Facing British, but Re-
verse There is Fatal.
Loudon Cable. --The head of the
German staff must be faced with dif-
ficult and perplexing problerne at the
present moment, He must decide how
to meet the. new, co-ordinated strategy
of the alliee and how best to utilize
Germany's available military resour-
ces.
Never before in 'the history of the
war has Germany been -called upon to
meet a strong double offensive on
both the western and eastern fronts,
General Haig's "we resumed a vigor.
ous offensive at dawn," coming on top
of the opening of a new offensive
against iteld Marshel von Iiindeir-
bure by General Evert, is a new ex-
perience for the German staff.
The German Imperial Staff Is now
confronted with the crisis it has
dreaded since the war began, On two
fronts vigoroue offeasives are under
way, On the west the 13rit1sh again
are attacking, and a new French drive
Is impending. Despite the attempted
diversion at —erdun, where the Ger-
mans attacked again fiercely to -day,
and succeeded in obtaining a foothold
In Thiemount, this menace frorn the
west is more threatening than ever.
In Russia the Kaiser's armies are
threatened along the whole line from
the Dvina Co Bukowina and have been
forted to retreat in several important
rectors. The Austrians have been un-
able to stem the tide of the Russian
sweep and,Hungary is menaced.
The scanty reserves,still ,controlled
by the Teutons are sufficient .only to
bulwark the defences of one front.
Two simultaneous attacks must be
met and both are dangerous in the
extreme. Men cannot be shifted front
the east and men cannot be shifted
from the west And on both fronts the
allied armies are attacking furiously
This, apparently, is the supreme test
for German arms.
Valiant effoets are being made on
both fronts to dam the tide that now
threatens to sweep the Germans out
of their early gains. In the west fierce
counter-attacks 'have been launched
both eft the British and the French
lines.
How heavily the attacks are costing
the Germans, whose ranks are tie
ready depleted by such adventures as
that at Verdun, is not yet known. "The
enemy's casualties have been very
severe," says the British official state-
ment • to -night. "Large numbers ot
troops retiring over the open were
caught by our artillery,"
The Gerrnans can hardly afford to
sacrifice mai* men in the effort to
halt the British. But if the allieg on
the west are not halted, the decisive
blow for German defeat will have
been struck, For en the west front
the great battle of the war le in pre -
geese, ,
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3RUDGINGLY
ADMIT LOSS
But Germans Try to Mini-
mize the British Gain
And Say They Have Stopped
the Flood.
Berlin Cable,— via London Cable.
m.—To-day'e news from the western
front throws, little light on the fight -
Ing during the last twenty-four hours,
but the advices show that the fight-
ing in the period immediately -preced-
ing wit* most intense at three points,
trt Thiepval, around Hem, and the
region eight to ten miles eolith of the I
Somme River.
In the Thiepval sector there was a
suceessioa of bitter attacksand coun-
ter-attacks. The British several
times succeeded by violent assaults in
obtaining a foothold in Thiepval, but
each time vere ejected from tile ruins
of the village. Their losses are do-
ecrived as "extraordinarily heavy,"
The only British succees, and this
is declared to be unimportant, was the
capture of a salient of German trench-
es east of La Boleselle, only a short
distance at of the original Ger-
man line, From La Boisselle south-
ward the fighting was ot a local
character.
The Germane have thrown a, strong
dam around the British flood wave,
and imolated attempts to break the
dam have been unsuceeseful.
The capture of the village- of Hem
was accompllebee by the lerenc,h only
after three deeperate attempts, The
first two onslaughts, although deny.
ered with great force and deterinitia-
tion, were repulsed, The third as -
gala gave them posseselon of the
village, and enabled them to straight-
en out their line between enriu and
leeuilleres.
The fighting at Vstreett and BelloY-
-len-Santerre also was of a house-to-
house and Itend-to-hand eltaracter,
The wave of battle swept baek and
forth, with both French and Germans
reeeorting thiefly to the use of the
bayonet and baud grenades, and
fighting with the utmost desperation,
The losece, no to be eXeeeted In title
sort of fighting', were very heavy. The
ili;reeunecyl.t finally remained masters of
' The Gernutri eomnittnderes have Pre.
pared for attempts bv the lernelt or
.11ritielt to extend the front of the
Aftensive or. for a renewed attaele at
new places, on the long front, but ea
yet no seeleue endeavor in this (Brett -
kat had been reported.
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• The School of lexperienee glveti a
Matt 0 ood education, but it isn't
every fellow who ean eland the haz-
ing,
IODIC BRITISH SOLDIERS
HAVE PAID A HEAVY PRICE
Met Prodigious -Obstacles in Their Drive, But
Proved Their Worth
Many Regiments Almost Wiped Out—Will
Live in History.
e3ritieh Headquertore in France,
July de ---(New York World cable.)—
The obstacles the British troops, par-
ticularly in their attack north of the
Ancre, from Gommecourt to La Bois-
eelle, have had to encounter have been
prestigious; their valor and tenacity
lave been sUpelen and because ot thee
their lessee in officers and men nave
Leen heavy. Nothing -is to be gained
by concealing tine fact; many units
have suffered dire loeseei.
On this northern end of the at -
tanking line are regiments, in some
ease e only remnante of regiments now,
whose names will ring throtighout
Pritein when the time arrives for the
full story of this battle to be told.
Some of them are South Wales Bor-
derers, the Border Regiment, the
King's Own Scottish )3orderere, the
East Laucashires, the York and Lan-
cashires, the Seaforth Highlanders,
the Middlesex, Deblins, Warwielts,
Royal Irish Fusiliers, Ilampshires,
Semersets, the Rifle Brigade—all these
and the Ulster men will be handed
down to fame de men who evrought
peodigies of valor in the face of almost
superhuman obstucles,
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In the tint offielal bulletin Seeped
SaturditY it -Was announced that Sarre
lute been captured hi the early on-
rush. (Sem is north Of the Ancre,
on the northern border of the eteacla
ing front.) This statement may .now
be rectified, It was impossible In Old
nut Penult to penetrate the extra-
ordinary ramification of defences
around Serre, and this is an operation
still to be completed.
In one battalion of the Yorks and
Lancashires attacking here, only one
officer and six men came through
scathless. An orderly was three times
partly buried in the debris of ex-
ploding- shells, yet he wen through
somehow and succeeded in delivering
his messages.
If .there is any tenon to be learned
from these operations, it is that at-
tackers under the conditions of modern
Eclentific warfare are placed at a con-
splcuous disadvantage, As leaders of
an assault instead of men acting, on
the defensive, the British are playing
a new role, and it will take a little
ttme for them to get used to it. Nene
the less'they are cheery and confittent
beyond belief.
RUSSIANS PUSH FURTHER
AGAINST GERMAN FORCES
Drive Back Enemy in Czartorysk Region --
Piles of Hun Dead,
Austrian Prisoners Say Country is Finished,
Al! For Peace.
Petrograd, Ca.ble,---yia special
Cable from London says—elhe Russian
advaneein the Czartegysk region, in
which the attacking German troops
were thrown back yesterday, has been
pushed farther. The War Office to-
night announced the capture of tho
villages of Dolzyca and Gruziatyn.
The number 'of German and Austrian
misoners eontinues to increase.
The announcement follows:
"Our troops eoutinue to develop
their successes in the region west of
the Czartorysk sector on the River
Styr. Following the capture. of the
village of Grady, and after a hot bay-
onet encounter the village of Dolzyea,
an the main road between Kolki and
Manevitchi, and the village of Grtizia-
tyn, were taken. The number of Ger-
man and Austrian prisoners continues
to increase.
"Oa the front south of the Stokhod
Itteer the enemy Is maintaining a
very violent fire in numerous seaters.
North et the Lower Lipa, under cover
of artillery tire, the enemy attempted
to take the offensive iu the region of
Schkelin and Dubovya, but was re-
pulsed. The artillery fire continues.
"On the Galician front there were
Artillery duels at many points. In the
region east of Monasterzyska, on the
Koroptec River, our troops continue to
press bacjc the enemy. West of the
village of eitidzavki, east of Delettrei,
we captured a position of the enemy
and took prisoner some Germans.
"Southeast of Lake Narocz (south
of the Dvinsk) the Germans made a
fierce counter-attack and rceonquered
Part of the trenches they test yester-
day. 'The fightiug continues. Ole a
considerable part of the front, between
the Upper Neimen and the Pinsk
marshes there were violent artillery
duels, East of Baranevichi in the
region of the village of Odcheyetehina,
the Germans pressed us back slightly,
as a result of a violent counter-attack,
but one concentrated fire compelled
the Germane to withdraw. In the Bar-
anovichi region our machine guns en-
gaged in duels with Gerinan machine
guns in the course of several night at-
tacks and reduced them to silence.
"In the recent fighting the mach-
ine gunner Oloda particularly distin-
guished himself. Although 'wounded
Pi the head and bruised by eplinters,
he did not desert his post, and he
inflicted enormous lessee on the en-
enty."
PILING UP GERMAN DEAD.
London Calble.—A despatch to the
Times from Lutsk says:
"Fighting on this front continues
day by day, with little variation. It is
true, however, that the heavy guns of
the Germans create great leash's, arid
enable them, frequently to take Rus-
sian positions, which are virtually
without exception retaken by Riastsian
counter-attacks.
"Probably the heaviest fighting has
been near Rojitche, where the Ger-
mans had eighty heavy; guns so placed
as- to bear on any point of the Russian
line. The battles here continue with-
out intermission, heaping up thou-
sands of German dead daily, but hav-
ing no effect on our lines. There are
indications that the enemy is unable
to support this sector heavily with re-
inforcements, and he shows a ten-
dency to rely inereasingly on his ar-
tillery superiority, without which we
should probably weep him back ra-
"The Germans aphear to maintain
an extraordinary morale in spite of
their losses. One sees extremely few
prisoners, and the Germans fight until
the last.
"Austrian prisoners are unanimous
In statements that Austria is finished,
and that the entire nation is united is
demanding peace at the earliest pos-
sible moment."
EVERYWHERE
ARE THE DEAD
Pricourt, Taken From Huns,
Littered With !Their 13odieb.
Prisoners Glad of Capture—
New Army Praised.
Paris French' official ob.
Server describing conditions In the via
lege at Fricourt after it had been
token by the British in the recent &d-
enim° north of the Somme says:
"tericourt, like Montauban, present-
ed a spectaelo In ruins, which Were
in a etate of nth complete disorder as
to sbow the power of the new British
heavy guns,
"Everywhere are dead. Behind a
demolished parapet a Gorman grena.
tiler still helds a grenade chttched in
hie dead hand. Further along is It
group 4t three German infantrymen
torn to pieces by shells, and then half
covered by failing walls. In every
corner and in the holes made by the
shells are dead and still more dead.
The air is heavy and 'ideated with the
odor of the bodies.
'°Plto battle continua not far off
and grenade fighting is going on, We
plainly hear the I epeated explosione
Of these Drojeetliee, German shells
iteep.falling without reciaati011p On the.
weetelei end of thevilioge. '' •
"Back of the firing line we come
ttereee a gleinp of prisoners. ,.frtatei the
laatit Regiment of Prussian Infantry,
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of which an entire battalion has sur.
rendered. We paused to interrogate
them. I put the following questions
here?'m .
"'Whore were YOU before Coining
iu'Ir'sel.,n the Champagne, facing Ta-
" 'How did you come"northr
"'13y train two days ago.'
"'Why did you surrender so
qu'l'e'lWciYer were without shelter, and the
artillery tore our ranks to PieeeS. 'We
felt ourselves to be in such a complete
Mate of inferiority that nothing re-
mained but to surrender We then
made a hasty decision and Weed the
white flag.'
"'Did your commanders tell you ef
this offensive?'
"'No. When lie started we believed
we were going to Verdun. It was
only when we were on the way that
we learned we were to fight against
the English.'
"'Are you satisfied to be out ot the
fight?'
"The answer was given enthusiast'.
eally in the affirmative,"
Describing the charaeter of the new
Ititchener army which took part in
the battle the observer gives the fol-
lowing 'statement by a British officer:
"Three-quarters of my battalions.
are of the reeetiti3r-forMed army.,
Only one of my 'battalions belongs to;
the old army, and yet when the tot'
of battle came my new bottalibits'j
leould not be distirtradshed.,:fretai aloe
Ohl. They manoeuvred' -WO, ,•the
same sureness,, and they;mdVed.litif
the. 'expertneser..„,of vetitra:ne: ,
homogeneity of the. old and. the nevv`
plettsail inll grdelY: • ()Velvet peliett
brigades had Ala; MVO 0X1mttentee
The Germans had thought that thia
etry• #lot ,n!ator,,
t,t,lipxf,qund themeelyee ,dee.
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GERMAN SUB
FREIGHTER IS
• IN U. S. PORT
Eludes ,Allies and Crosses
Atlantic With Cargo of
Dyestuffs.
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Carries No Torpedoes—
Brings Mail and Message
From Haiser to President
Baltimore, July 9,—The world's Brat
submarinenerchantinan, the Ciernaan
underwater liner Deutechlarid, an
-
chore(' below lialtituore to -night, utter
voyaging safely across the Atlantic,
Passing the allied blockading 'squad. -
term and eluding enemy cruisers
watching for her. oft the American
coast. She carries Mail and a cargo of
70 tons of costly chemicals and dye-
tituffs, and a message from Emperor
William to President Wilson, and is
to carry back home a cargo ot nickel
and crude rubber, eorely needed by
the Gorman army.
The Deutschland carries, mounted
in her conning tower, two small guns
of about three-inch calibre. No tor-
pedo tubes are visible. She is capable
of eubmerging in lone than two mine
utes. On the surface of the water the
submarine has a speed of from two
to three knots an hour more than the
average merchant steamer. ,
,Eifteco, days out from Bremerhaven
to Baltimore, the sulanarine reached
saNti between the 'Virginia Capes at
1.45 o'clock thie morning.
Three hours later the big submarini.
etarted up the bay under her own
power with the German merchant fag
flying, convoyed by the Timmons. She
was making more than 12 knots, and
could have docked at Baltimore to.
night, but arrangements had been
made for receiving her with formal
ceremonies to -Morrow, and her cap-
tain was ordered to wait in the /ewer
harbor. He and lith crew of 29 men
remained aboard their craft,
'LOCAL CUSTOMS NOT NOTIFIED.
Regarding his vessel as a merchant-
man, subject to no unusual emelt:.
'lions, the skipper, whose name is said
to be Captain Kairig, went up' the
Cheeapeake without waiting to notify_
local customs and quarantine author-
ities of his presence. He was five
licurs away before Norman Hamilton
collector or Norfolk -Newport News'
heard the news, and started on his
trail aboard the coastguard cutter
Onondaga. At last reports to -night the
cutter had not approached the subitar4
ine, and it is understood that she
merely was ordered out to keep the
strange craft tinder surveillance as a
eutrality precaution.
Little was known here to -night
about what happened during the
eroeh-making cruise across the ocean,
None ot the submarine's crew had
landed, and the agents of her owners
had received only meagre reports.
The boat is consigned ,to A. Schn.
ma;pher & Company, local agents of
tha North -Berman Lloyd Line, and
ber cargo to the Eastern Forwarding
Company, a concern said to have been
organized within the past few weeks,
especially to handle the business oi
under -water liners. The latter com-
pany has a pier and warehoese, in
which are stored the goods to be lima
a on the Deutschland for her return
trip.
The Dentschland is a new commerce
carrier, built in Bremen and sent hare
on a purely commercial mission, ac.
cording to Henke, G. Hilken, the senior
member of the Schumacher concern.
She belongs to the Ozean Rhederel,
Limited (Ocean Navigation Company,
Limited), .and was launched at Kiel in
March.
DIMENSIONS OF BOAT.
The undersea liner, Mr, Hilken
understands, is about 315 feet long and
thirty feet bean', and is propelled by
two great Deisel oil engines. She is aa
large, if not larger than any of the
German naval submarines, and carried
750 tons deadweight or cargo, As te
details of her construction, Ma Hilken
said he was lacking in information,
ikon is an American and his
firm haAeeen in business her °perm.
in ships tinder the American flag
sine%e vh
1824.vothe Deutschland's eargo
is -consigned Mr. Hilken said he die
not knoiv, but he believed it was going
to a number of concerns badly in need
of dyestuffe.
When she will return, whether It
Is planned to have her make regular
trans-Atlantic trips, Mr. Hilken re-
fused to discuss.
"This project was toneelved," he
said, "by Germ
Gel -man comercial inter
e .
sts who wanted to reopen trade with
the 'United States. We need some eV
Germany's commodities and Germany
n
eeds some of ours, It is a purely
=menial preposition and that is all
there is to it."
Six months ago came first reports
that Germany Was preparing to put
into the trans-Atlantic trade a line of
submarines, London cable reports told
lf the organization of a company to
inaugurate 'such a serviee, and English
o
xperts were quoted as saying they
felt no sur_p_r17“,a4t...the annountement
of the plans.
JOYOUS CAPTIVES.
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"The War is Finished!" Cry
Huns as They Surrender.
Paris, July 9.—The new Vreneh front
before reronne appears to have been
fortified now so es to facilitate flanking
itiFfnavnieltl()%1 a(tltS vti ety7Itc otallinitisdu cottliei
night of lielloy-en-Santerre, where 40-
tle.rmans v:tro made prisoners, and east
vomait.rartpda after an assault on a ..:0111.,
of Ilstrees, where fifty men. were left in.
m'urriele1071.11.1etIrlhencaltll' scarcely reached the
flrsti lino of their adversies when the
tit:mans were seen climbing with their
Lands up and marching in doublequiels
time towatil tho 1.'ren1r trenches,
"no war is finished. The war is
finished," cried many of them with their
Lwow. expanding into smiles as they
leaped into the French communicating
tee, nolies and filed back 10 the roar be-
tVeen lines of more French troops wait-
ing for the word to take their turn in
the assault. The prisoners then erica'
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remove•grease from 'oat eollare,
clean with ammonia water then
eponga with .clear alcohol,
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BRITISH AND FRENCH BOTH
GAIN HEAVILY IN THE WEST
Win Over Half Mile of Ground Along Front
IWy here All Forces Jain.
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renc iwost witnrn rnne tire eronne—
German Counters Lost Heavily.
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Parks, July 9.--atramering relent-
Iessly at the German lines in Picardy,
eybich the fary of two days' assaults
had crumpled up like paper, the
French troops under Gen. Fock
swept forward to -clay almost to
within rifle fire of Peronne, By
nightfall, when both sides meted on
their arms for the first tiMO in hours,
the leench lines had been extended
on a front of two and a half mites
to a depth of a mile .01), the average,
The village of Biaches, on, the out -
chute of Peronne to the southwest,
was carried by storm, and the whole
sector lying between Flaucourt, Bar -
latex and }Neches was wrested from
the Germans. To -night the Frencii
are consolidating their lines at thig
point and bringing up the heavY
artillery with which it is intended to
pave the way for the capture of the
city and the 'railway running to
Combles.
TAKEN IN 35 MINUTES.
0
British and French forces co-oper
ated in a vigorous stroke yesterda
against the German lines lust \viler
the flanks of the allies meet, near th
village of Hardecourt, a little south
ant of Montauban,
Such was the vigor and strength of
the assault that in 35 minutes after
the battle began Gen. Foch's men had
driven the Germans oat of Hardecourt
and had taken the nearby village of
Mamelon,
The British troops alio made great
gains. Following a fierce bonibard.
went, the infantry stormed a line of
trenches and gained, a footing in the
Bois de Trones, which lies to the east
of Montauban. According to an un-
official report, - the advance here
amounted to fully, half a mile on a
Considerable front.
The British tro‘ops likeWitte made
progress at Contantaison ana are
extending their hold at Ovillers.
Again to -day the British made pro
gress in the neighborhood of Oviller;
mid gained ground in Hardecourt vil-
lage, the capture of which is admitted
111 to -day's official statement from
Berlin. At other points they delivered
fierce attacks, which broke down be-
fore "wavy fire from the enetny'o guns
ONLY ONE DEFENCE REMAINS.
By the capture Yesterday of Harde-
court and Hill 139, and by the en-
velopment to -day of Bia.ches and the
sector immediately southwest of Pe-
ronne, the French now hold the 'Ger-
man second line along their whole
front in the Somme offensive. The
possession of Hill 139 brings the
&cops of Gen. Poch to within three
kilometres (two miles) of Combles,
and at Blaches they are less than two
kiloneetres from Peronne. Fermatas
on the south, Gemlike in the centre,
and Bapainne in the north are the
three main German supporting posi-
tions in the sector under attack, and
all have been turned in the last
twenty months into veritable' for-
tresses. With Peronne now under
their guns, however, the French have
only to take Mont Sf. Quentin, the
city's only remaining defensive posi-
tion of strength, to sweep the entire
sector behind their lines.
Hill 139 and Hardecourt were the
ehief defensive positions of Combles,
and their fall brings the Capture of
that place much nearer. Southwest
ot Combels and directly east of Har-
decourt is Maurepas, powertelly held
by the Germans. I3ut ketween Hill
139 and Comities there Me no song
supporting point. The possession of
Clery on the south and of Combles
on the north would leave Maurepas
an untenable salient, beside opening
Mont St. Quentin to attacks from both
the north and the wet. 'The French
are now In a position to begin at-
tacks on Combles and Glory as zoon
as the British straighten out their
lines to meet the French front. The
great result achieved in tlee last
Freneh advance is the relief of ths
)3, ritieh positions further to the. west.
The British forces have been held up
by an iramen.sely strong German sec-
ond line, supporting positions run-
ning from south of Contamaison to
the north of Pozieres. Heretofore
they have had to confine themselves
to frontal attacks on this position, but
now with the new line running from
La Boisselle through the cemetery- on
the western border of Contamainon
to the wood of Bernatay" and the
wood of Trones, where it joins the
French safely anchored on Hill 139,
they are in a position to attack the
Germans from three sides—west,
south and east.
FOUGHT IN RAINSTORM
The operations against Hardecourt
and Hill 139 took place on a contin.
mime of the violent storms which
Lor three days had flooded the whole
sector of the offensive. The trenches
were half full of water, while the
roads and fields were it mass of thick,
clinging mud in which the men sank
over their =Idea and the wheels of
gun caissons were Mired up to their
hubs.
The movement Of the artillery had
been almost inmossible. The heavy
cannon were begged down In tee
swampy fields, The horse e were
hardly able to drag the seventy -fives,
'The whole tonipany, trailing on heavy
ropes, pulled guns into position for
the bombardment of the two points.
Berdeeoure litid been well prepared
by the Germans with deep shelters,
and, the walls of the houses had been
strengthened by amid bags for mi-
traillense positions. 11111 183 was a
labyrinth of trenches, shelters dud
machine gun emplacements.
The bombardment reached Its full
intensity about 4 Velook Friday after-
noon, and during the whole night a
continuous hurricane -of shells fen on
the German positions; at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning the signal was giv-
en for the lerenelt advanee. ln 35 Min- ,
utes Dardecourt was in their bands,
with a big booty of maehine guns and
trench artillery.
Trench artillery plaaed a big part
In the destruction of the German posi-
tions on Hill 131 The aerial tonna
doe* of the Vrench worked havoc with
the German armored cupolas. Scores
of these were touna turned on their
sides, with. machine guns still stick-
ing through the ports. The big gene
had also wrecked the deep shelters.
Some bayonet and grenade work
was required at 11111 139, but thirty-
five minutes after the charge sounded
it also was in French hands and the
poilus were busy restoring the Ger-
man trenches and making them face
the other way.
Five minutes before tho time for the
Frencli attack there still remained one
machine gun working in Hardecourt,
A French captain oiled for volunteers
to silence it. A whole company volun-
teered, but a corporal and five men
were chosen for the task. Stealing
out of the French tiench, they worked
their way across the ground on their
bellies. Fifty feet from the German
lines they were Been, and a machine
gun opened fire on them. Thinking
that. a big assault was about to be
begun by the French, the Germans
telephoned for the artillery to open
up fire. The first shell exploded al-
ienist on the little group of volunteers.
Two of the six were buried under te
mass of earth. The other four rushed
forward wtih their bayonets and cap-
tured the gun, killing the defenders.
The German counter-attacks did not
start until 2 o'clock in, the afternoon,
by which time the Preach had oi
ganized the captured positions. The
first German attack was launched
from Gellemont, north of Hill 139, so
that the Teutons could take advantage
of the rolling ground in that direction.
They were caught under the fire of the
French seventy -fives, however, ' and
were obliged to fall back without
reaching the new French. line. Half
an hour later another attack was
started from the east, with fresh
troops from Maurepas and Combles,
but it was also driven back by the
French artillery.
MARSHBS FULL OF DEAD.
The German attacks on the French
front are described as entailing. the
severest losses for the enemy. One or
these attacks, made between Es•trees
and Belloy-en-Santerre, involved the
attackers crossing swamps and wide
tracts of flat ground without shelter of
any kind. The Frencli turned on their
light batteries and machine guns and
cut the Teutons down by the thou
sand. The marshes are now full of
the dead, Piles of bodies can be seen
from the French lines.
The 17th Division of Bavarians suf-
fered very heavily. Two regiments at-
tacked in massed formation. At first
the French fire curtain was sufficient
to hold their charge, bat some got
through and were cut down by ma-
chine guns. There were six charges.
Then the French charged with the
bayonet and put the remainder of the
'brigade to flight.
A Bavarian company managed to
obtain possession of some sheds,
where they were besieged by the
French. After two hours of fighting
the Bavarians surrendered.
When interrogated they said that
their officers had not thought of the
possibility of a French offensive. Half
an hour before the attack of July 1
the commander distributed leaflets
among the men, copies of which were
found on, the dead and wounded and
on prisoners, referring to the attack on
Verdun and its expected success. The
leaflet declared that an allied ellen-
sive in the north thus had been pre.
vented. A quarter or an hour later a
certain army eorps, which the enemy
believed to be still upon the Meuse,
was gathering spoil in the very
trenches were the boast was uttered.
GERMANY ONE
VAST HOSPITAL
Wounded Pouring in From
All the Fronts.
dOION••••••4•0
People Losing Heart Over
News From the Lines.
London, July 10.—The Rotterdam
correspondent of the Daily News, tele-
graphing under yesterday's date, says:
"It is becoming increasingly evident
that the German nation, is slowly re-
cognizing that their much -trusted
hen ring of troops is being battered,
and that the allies must soon show
inevitable results.
"Tho strain of the struggle to hold
all the fronts in turnixig Germany Into
0110 vast hospital, and is chilling the
hearts of the people. The mass et
wounded arriving from alI fronts is a
viable result of what some papers are
describing as the great critical struge
glo for victory or defeat.
"Major eforaht, the military critle,
informs the people that the Minion
offensive Is Moro sustained than the
whole world expected,
"The usual croWd of newspaper men
who have always,been taken along to
describe any big event and even the
perinanently neeredited correspond -
mar, at German headquarters are not
describing affairs. Only the arnaeha,ir
critics, and they are talking and they
are gloomy.
elajor Morella, in the Berliner 'rages
&hung, says: "In the west, as every-
where also the greet question, for tie
Is staving off 0 deeiSlire defeat."
The toltal Anzeiger pays: "The :Choi -
Mann Maltose of very greatly superior
fertos. Their undertakings la all
fields mist make ma accept the foot
that forethree days they...WM been
'bringing up new forces on both benite
of the Dniester. The (exertions of the
ralF.Sialla are cat trentendone that the
eesult ghoul(' in bo rape bo tneaeured
by the standards applied hitherto."
About the only time Setrie Peenle ere
Willing to cough itp 1 rtett there is
Ur devil to pay; , '
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