BRITISH BOMBARDMENT SPREADS DEATH AND RUIN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2810, 30 June 1916, Page 5

BRITISH BOMBARDMENT SPREADS DEATH AND RUIN

INTENSE INTEREST IN COMING BIG BLOW ITALIAN COUNTERSTROKE ,' HOW AUSTRIA'S GREAT EFFORT COLLAPSED GERMAN MOVE ON RIGA FRONT REMARKABLE DISCLOSURES REPORT' OF GERMAN SECRET WAR COUNCIL Despite the fact that desperate and stupendous enterprises are in progress on the Russian and Italian fronts, all eyes aro turned to the British lino in Prance and Flanders, where by terrific cannonading and daring trench raids tho grim pressure of Britain's new arms is being slowly and relentlessly increased. Tho stories told by the correspondents of the results of the British shell firo disclose a picture of artillery .fighting which must have,been appalling in its' intensity. The German linos and all positions in rear of those lines and within the raugo of the British guns have simply been laid waste. Fighting continues at Verdun, but with less intensity. The Italians are successfully advancing on the enemy's new positions. An unofficial statement from Some, covering the story of how tho tables were turned in tho Trentino, makes interesting reading in view of the Austrian denial of tho Italian victory, published yesterday. The enemy is desperately striving to arrest the vic- ' torious march of tho Russians in tho Bukowina, but neither this effort, nor the German effort to initiate an offensive on tho Northern or Riga flank, has availed tho enemy much. , .. . The late cablegram conveys a remarkable report, claimed to be authentic, of a secret meeting of the Gcnnan Council, held to review the war situation—admittedly bad.