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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1916
Page
2
Allied forces press offensive along the Balkan front with Serbian troops reported to have captured Bulgarian trenches. Heavy artillery and center clashes continue as fighting intensifies in the region.
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The official London report notes heavy bombardment and three hostile bombing attacks on High Wood all repulsed. Northwest of Highwood covering patrols withdrew under enemy detachments but faced fire from our lines and failed to advance. We shelled enemy positions and repelled trench bombardments near Pozieres Contal Maison and gas shells were used. North of Hulluch and east of Le Plantin raids were driven back with losses. Near Givenchy the enemy mined a forward sap but caused no casualties and we used the crater defensively. Further north gas was liberally employed against enemy positions at two sites. The Mouquet farm area saw the enemy attempt an action that was subsequently checked.
British repulse several German counter attacks amid heavy artillery and mining activity on both sides. Official reports note a German flaming liquid assault on Fleury near Verdun with no result. Italian troops land at Saloniki to join the Balkan drive. Russia claims gains on the Stokhod line and 1300 captives. Allied attacks in Somme and Verdun fail. Germans and Bulgarians advance on the Balkan front. Artillery and air actions dominate with mixed local gains and losses.
Berlin says British French assaults north of the Somme and on the Verdun front failed. It details repulsed infantry and grenade attacks, artillery actions near Thiaumont and Fleury, and successful German counteractions in the Carpathians and Balkans with gains at Kreta height and Doiran area. It cites air losses and captures of enemy officers and men.
Rome reports Italian forces hold ground east of Girizia and on the Carso plateau as they consolidate recent gains. No major infantry action on the Austro Italian front. heavy artillery duels continue, especially in Trentino and upper But valley. Enemies shell Gorizia and Isonzo bridges. minor attacks repulsed in Astico valley and Plavia area with about 20 prisoners.
Petrograd says Russian forces advanced along the Stokhod line with over 1350 soldiers captured in two days, plus 16 officers and matériel including a cannon and machine guns. Gains also reported east of Kuty near Ukraine and in the Cheremosh River region, while on the Caucasus front Russians capture fortified heights and many Turkish prisoners.
Paris Aug 21 official French war office statement says no infantry activity on the Somme front today. Batteries shelled German works north and south of the river, with intermittent cannonade elsewhere. Allied aviators downed two enemy aircraft and six field guns were captured between Maurepas and Guillomont. Night actions on the Somme included a German assault on Fleury halted by French fire.
Austrian headquarters reports Aug. 19 operations on the Austro Italian front. In the Isongo sector near Globta and Britof, left bank cleared with about 60 prisoners taken. In Vip pach Valley sector south, an Italian night attack was repulsed. At Mleimstal southeast of Cima di Roche, 60 prisoners and two grenade throwers captured. Italian detachments near Monte Zebio repelled.
Reports from Bucharest and Berlin describe Roumanian moves toward joining the Allies. Russian forces and Roumanian troops, aided by Italian arrivals at Saloniki, would push north and east to trap the central powers in the Balkans. The strategy aims to seal Turkey and cut Germany and Austria from access to the sea.
London August 21 Premier Asquith told the House of Commons that Germany has shown no willingness to agree to peace unless terms are intolerable or humiliating to some allies. He dismissed Dr Zimmermann’s suggestion that entente pressure from Britain affects peace talks and noted only press reports of terms have appeared.
British forces report progress in German East Africa advancing from the Nguru Mountains toward Kilossa. LT General Smuts says the British forced the Wami River passages after night battles on the 16th and 17th, with crossings being built. Lieutenant-Colonel Vaneventer inflicted heavy losses near Kidete station and nears Kilossa, while further east columns move toward Dar es-Salaam with coast naval support.
From London with AP, last seven days of July show 737 killed 1688 wounded and 134 missing among British officers. Total war losses reach 36 416 since start, including 10 842 killed or died of wounds and 22 978 wounded. High ranking officers suffer as Major General Ingouville Williams is killed while three brigadiers wounded and several colonels killed.
American Ambassador to France William G. Sharp and his daughter Miss Margaret Sharp were aboard the French liner Lafayette which arrived today in New York from Bordeaux.
The Intransigeant, via Lausanne, reports Germany has ordered all youths of 17 to report to recruiting bureaus. This class would normally be drafted in 1919.
John Green Edward King and Thom as Dolan all of Allston are to be tried Thursday for appropriating a horse and buggy owned by John McDonald of Watertown in Province street. The three men were arraigned after being rounded up by City Hall station officers.
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