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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
6
French and British forces drive German trenches for about three quarters of a mile south of Belloy en Santerre. Paris reports many prisoners as the offensive enters a new Picardy phase and seeks to consolidate control of Maurepas to Clery.
An official state ment dated August 15 reports Balkan operations from August 1 onward. It states Bulgarians are being engaged along a broad front with forces deployed in multiple sectors. The release notes activity through the current date.
A military observer reports extensive Japanese supply to Russia on the front. Russian soldiers wear uniforms, belts, belts and cartridges, and shoes all made in Japan. Japan furnishes rifles, field pieces, and ammunition up to 12 inch guns, chosen for mobility over larger calibers.
Paris August 16 King George V and President Poincare held a long confidential conference during the British monarchs visit to the Somme front. An issued order found on a captured German officer notes a military review staged for the Emperor with exhausted troops sent rearward and Verdun veterans placed in the front ranks.
London dispatch reports two new very large German submarines will depart soon for America after trial runs off Helgoland. The Central News despatch via The Hague notes their size and anticipated voyage.
Official dispatches detail a Tuesday night bombardment on the Verdun front at Thiaumont Fleury Vaux and Chapitre east of the Meuse. Reports cite large Russian captures from June 4 to Aug 12 totaling more than 358000. Advances by Italians near Gorizia are noted along with trench losses at Monte Pecinka and San Caterina. German gains in the Carpathians and a British French forge on the Somme claim success with near three miles of trench taken and 300 to 500 yards advanced.
Berlin reports success in the Carpathians with the capture of Staracipczyna height north of Capul and claims Russian forces offered weak resistance north of the Dniester. British and French actions near Armentieres, Artois, Pozieres, Ovillers, Moulin-sous-Toutvent, and Rheims are described as fruitless or only local fighting.
Paris reports brisk combat with Entente troops, aided by the British, capturing 1500 metres of German trenches north of Maurepas and a parallel 1200 metre line south of Belloy en Santerre. They also took 60 prisoners and held gains east of the Maurepas Clery road.
Russian forces report gains in the Vorokhta and Delatyn sectors with heights taken west of Vorokhta and Ardzemoy, and towns Solotvina and Griava secured. Austrians retreat west as Zlota Lipa and Dniester line actions continue with stubborn resistance. The front remains active with limited changes noted on the Caucasus front where a Persian south of Urmia offensive was halted.
The official statement says Italian forces captured trenches on Monte Pecinka and near San Caterina and San Marco east of Gorizia, taking 353 prisoners including officers. Detachments on the Asiago plateau raided trenches on Monte Mosciago with light losses, while a squadron of Caproni aircraft bombarded rail lines.
The War Office reports total captures from June 4 to Aug 12 along the Austro German frontiers. Counts include 7757 officers and 350,845 men seized, plus 405 guns, 1326 machine guns, 338 mine throwers, and 292 powder carts. Also numerous rifles, railway versts, telegraphic gear, and ammunition depots captured.
Paris August 16 Twenty graduates of American universities have joined the American Ambulance Field Service front line unit. Names listed include Carleton Burr D Curtis George H Lyman James D Bean Alfred M Brace Walter Christie George R Cogswell John C B Moore Edwin H English John L Harrison Sydney Howard Walter Jepson Robert R Lester Harold A Manderson Emory Niles Robert W Wood Philip N Rhinelander Francis N Solis Cohen George F Talbot and Alien G Thurman from various states and cities.
The report notes Allied aircraft operations near Prvacina and Dornberg with ninety high explosive shells totaling about 2 1-2 tons dropped. Despite heavy anti air fire from numerous batteries, the bombers returned safely, indicating successful mission outcomes and resilience under combat conditions.
London Aug 16 British official communication reports nothing special to report on operations in France and notes the Mesopotamia situation remains unsettled with no further detail provided in the evening release.
An afternoon dispatch notes no major movement between the Ancre and Somme except for minor infantry actions near Pozieres where lines are consolidated. Both sides engaged in heavy shelling through the night, according to the war office.
Berlin August 16 reports Sayville wireless that Foreign Minister Gottlieb von Jagow said Germany was not opposed to transferring the Danish West Indies to the United States amid circulating concerns over the proposed sale.
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