FURIOUS AND BITTER FIGHTING.
9 VON BGTHMER'S PLIGHT - GROWS WORSE. ' \ NEW BRITISH ADVANCE . ON THE SOMME. ' FEENCH SUCCESSES AT VERDUN ' AND-' THE 'SOMME. .. ■ THE SUBMARINE HUNT. , ' After a brief lull oil the Sommo the battle has been resumed, the British advancing east of Pozicres, and the French capturing a strong position' on'\their section of the Somme "battle line. Further to the east the Russians in the Champagne sector of tho French lino havo earned mention for a lively Bcore against tho Germans. At Verdun tho ' French appear to 1)0 initiating an offensive movement or a minor scale, and to-day's reports credit them With tho capture of eevoral German trenches. On the Russian front the Battle of the Stocliod is raging with great fury, and with intense bitterness, due to the action of German airmen, in dropping bombs ou the Russian hospitals and dressing-sta-tions. Indications of somo movement in tho Balkans aro noted in connection with a Bulgar retirement f rom the Serbian frontier to a new position. Tho news from the Trentino discloses great offensive activity on the part of tho Italians. Tho German trans-Atlantic submarino Deutsehland was, at latest advices, off Virginia Cape, ready to dive and proceed;to sea. A British, cruiser is watching these waters.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2841, 4 August 1916, Page 5
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207FURIOUS AND BITTER FIGHTING. Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2841, 4 August 1916, Page 5
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