NEW POSITIONS TAKEN.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2814, 4 July 1916, Page 5

NEW POSITIONS TAKEN.

TOLL OF CAPTURES MOUNTING UP GRAPHIC STORIES OF THE : ATTACK ' V ':THE RUSSIAN BLOW. JMSffIM lACTICS I GALICIA - FURTHER SUCCESSES BY THE ! The first sensational Hasli. of tlie great offensive on the Western ' front having now subsided, the Allies are doggedly:pressing on, capturJ ing fresh positions, consolidating their gains, and adding to the toll of the prisoners captured. Correspondents at the front 6end graphic accounts of the first, great blow—the artillery ■ bombardment must have been a, frightful ordeal for the Germans—and warn the public not to . expect an, immediate consummation of its hopes. The Allies are advancing—the offensive has begun—but, to quote from the soldiers', war ditty, "ifa a long way ; to ; Tipperary." Here is where the British capaoity for sticking to it will-tell. To-day's nows tells of .an awakening on tho Belgian flank in the north,, while great activity prevails, reinforced by a furious bombardment of tho German lines by the British warships standing off the Belgian coast, Tho Russians in Qalicia are increasing the intensity ,of their, attacks oil the Austrians, and are literally smashing their waiy to their successive objectives. To-day's news indicates that tho forward march of Brusiloff's forces aro. seriously imperilling the flanks of the rear Austrian armies. Tho Italians aro still developing their counter offensive, and the communiques from Home to-day record fresh successes, The Russians have inflicted : a defeat on .the Turks in the Caucasus,' 1 whilo '.the - Turks claim that they havo accomplished a successful drive in Mesopotamia. A