MANY CONQUERED POSITIONS RECOVERED

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2808, 28 June 1916, Page 5

MANY CONQUERED POSITIONS RECOVERED

RUSSIAN TROOPS IN ' TRANSYLVANIA FATE OF -VERDUN

Two sensational items featuro to-day's war news. In the first is n partial fulfilment of the hope that the previously reported heavy nml sustained bombardment by the British artillery along tlio whole line from tho La Bassee Canal to the Som'mo , might be the prelude to something of stupendous moment—tlio Big Push in the Wost. The British, attacking on Saturday night, piercod tho enemy's line at ten different points, inflicting considerable loss on tho Germans before giving turn again to tho artillery duol. The second item of importance is a groat victory by tho Italians in tho Trentino. Haying slowly and methodically matured their preparations for an onergetic counter-stroke to tho Austrian blow, a terrific attack by heavy guns and reinforced masses of troops was .launched, with the result that the Austrians lost in one day territory which had taken them three months to conquer; they , are now in -retreat, while tlio Italians are still attacking. Tho Italians have brouglit off a successful sea raid on Durnzzo, blowing up two ammunition ships, but they have also lost a cruiser, while tho Trench have lost a destroyer that was acting as an escort. The Russian troops liavo penetrated into Transylvania. Further north, in their'operations against Kovel, they hare Bad to slacken their hand in order to deal with a largo German reinforced army: Thero is very little news of Verdun. One correspondent hints that tho fate of tho fortress -will shortly be merged in the general situation, which is another way of saying that in the midst of tremendous happenings in the near futiiro, the fighting at Verdun will be only an incident, /