BRILLIANT SUCCESS.,

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2825, 17 July 1916, Page 5

BRILLIANT SUCCESS.,

BRITISH ATTACK SECOND LIE. SEVERAL VILLAGES TAKEN. DRAGOON GUARDS USE THEIR . SABRES. .. THE RUSSIAN DRIVE. . ' HINDENBURG'S LINE IN ' DANGER. / : TURKS- ROUTED IN ASIA MINOR. A great success liagfebeen won by tho British forces north of tho Somnio. Attacking a front of several miles they have captured tho enemy's second-lino positions, including a number of heavily fortified villages, and on a soetiuvi of tho front penetrated tlio German third line. At one point a squadron! of Dragoon Guards took a succ«sful part in tho action. A great! achievement in itself; the Britisli advauoo is of considerable tactical importisjice aa paving the way for further inroads into tho ononis front and Prom tlio latest reports in. hand it would appear that the battle is still in fnll swing, and that tbo British are milking furtlnir important progress. No very pronounced development is recorded in the Eastern theatre, but roports .agree in emphasising the increasing difficulty -with which tho enemy is making head against tho mounting poweis of tho Russian offensive. In Armenia tho Russians have broken tho (Turkish resistance, and aro making rapid progress west of Erzerum, and 1 ' they aro fighting a successful battle towards their southern main, flank.' Tho Italians also report some notably successful fighting, and in one .Sector an Austrian force has been enclosed without hope of retreat. Siiggestivo reports aro current regarding Rumania. The Hungarian authorities aro hurriedly fortifying tho frontier of Transylvania, as if in anticipation of a Rumanian attack, aad significance is attached to tho fact that King Ferdinand of Rumania has conferred with tho Russian and other Allied Ministers. Further rioting ' is reported in Germany, in "vihich a consideralilo number of civilians have been killed and wounded.