HAMMERING HIDENBURG.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2831, 24 July 1916, Page 5

HAMMERING HIDENBURG.

THPE' LINES OF TRENCHES ■ • TAKEN. ENTIRE AUSTRIAN REGIMENT. CAPTURED. AIR FIGHTS ON THE WEST FRONT. ! v . • GRAVE ANXIETY BEHIND GERMAN LINES. SUCCESS OF GENERAL SMUTS. ■' .. ' Interesting" developments aro reported to-day in nearly all the war theatres. Much importance is attached to a powerful attack opened by' ■the Russians on the Dwiua front, in' tho Baltic Provinces, -where they have already met with some preliminary success. On the ..southern . front General Sakhanoff's army has heavily defeated tho Austrians, captaring many thousands of prisoners, and is driving south upon the . Galician frontier and tho Lomberg railways. It is stated that the Austriaus have decided not to defend LemEerg. Informative accounts are given of developments in the Western theatre. The British havo rolled Back tie enemy connter-offeusive, and made a further advance, . which brings them into immediate touch with positions of commanding importance. Progress is reported by the Allies in various theatres. Tho • Italians have gained further successes in their mountain war, and the _ Russians in Armenia have advanced forty miles beyond T3aißurt, which place they captured only a. few days ago. In German East Africa the British ■ forces under General Smuts have gained complete possession of the TTsumbasra railway, on which the enemy has been resisting for months. A Turkish force has adv «,nced to .within about 30 miles of the ; Suez Canal, on tho northern approa cK, and tlfo British Commander-in-Chief is taking measures to deal with the situation. Herr von Bethmann Hollweg is reported to be still holding out against the extremists in Germany, who favour a resumption of ruthless submarine warfare on merchantmen.