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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1916
Page
4
Information from Rome and Paris reports a 94 mile break in the Austrian front and German attacks near Hill 304 and Thiaumont Farm. Austrian forces advance on the Styr while Russians press the lower Styr in Galicia. Russia’s prisoner tally climbs to 65 857 as offensive moves continue.
Reports from Petrograd say Siloff troops advance along the Styr River and the Kovel Rovno rail line. German forces sent to aid Austria as Vienna notes Austro Hungarian gains on the Styr in Volhynia. Italian troops withdraw east of Asiago under pressure. Rome admits gains on Asiago highlands. Greece demobilizes 150000 troops in 12 classes, a move Paris calls entente pressure driven.
British dispatch reports heavy artillery and mining action with no infantry attacks. June 9 notes limited combat activity, focusing on bombardment and tunnel operations rather than ground assaults.
Petrograd reports continued Russian offensives across Volhynia and Galicia with German reinforcements and rising prisoner totals. Cavalry attacks, guns captured, gas cylinders, and a bridgehead at Rozishchy highlighted gains as Mikouline was wounded and total captures surpassed 64 714 men and 1 143 officers.
Night report says Gloucester regiment captured a machine gun in trench assault south of Neuve Chapelle. Artillery hit Salome station east of La Bassee and bombarded strongpoints north of Hulluch. Daily shelling and mine warfare reported near Ypres Hulluch Neuville Saint Vaast and Laventie with six mines exploded. Aerial activity but no fights.
An official French communique reports multiple German attacks on Hill 304 by the Meuse on the left bank were repelled by French curtain and mitrailleuse fire. Heavy bombardment south of Thiaumont Farm and in Chapitra Wood. no infantry assault on that day. A Vosges reconnaissance at Hartmans-Wellerkopf was dispersed.
The article notes that between the Thiaumont Farm and Caillette Wood the enemy breached a trench but their westward advance was checked with heavy losses. A detachment near St Mihiel attempting to approach east of Bislee was dispersed by our fire.
The official war communiqué from Rome via London describes artillery duels in the Adige Valley with fires in munitions depots at Anghebene and Val Arsa. It notes attacks near Santubaldo, Velo Astico, Monte Giove, and Monte Brazome repelled by our artillery, with continued violence on Sette Comuni plateau and in the Campomulo and Asiago zones.
Berlin reports that on the Western front German artillery hit a munition depot near Lihons south of Peronne and shelled enemy transport at Suippes. It notes gains against French batteries infantry and heavy wagons on the Meuse Verdun front and that enemy counter attacks at Thiaumont Wood Chapitre Wood and Fort Vaux failed with heavy losses.
One hundred Brookline poor children are invited to Plymouth on June 17 as guests of Miss Dorothy Whipple and her sister Miss Katharyn Carleton Whipple. Katharyn will wed Lothrop Withington a week later and move to Honolulu with her husband.
The Plymouth estate known as The Forges hosts a daylong outing on Bunker Hill day led by Miss Dorothy Whipple praised as Plymouth’s Lady Bountiful. Her sister Katharyn, a Bryn Mawr alumna, plans outdoor wedding on June 24. Withington, once Whipple Sears & Ogden clerk, stars as a noted athlete with Harvard ties.
Paris reports allied powers told Greece that negotiations with Bulgaria and Germany could trigger enforcement of treaties protecting Greek unity and the constitution. A French officer now commands Saloniki port, Greek ships from Kavala are denied entry, and an embargo on Greek vessels in French ports is in effect.
London report recalls the Cunard liner Campania acting as a seaplane ship during a North Sea battle. When the cruiser Warrior was besieged by German ships and unable to move, Campania pushed between them, threw a hawser, and towed the Warrior for ten hours until it sank, saving the Warrior’s crew.
Paris reports the Greek army will demobilize 12 of 24 classes, sending half the force back to civilian life. Allied governments pressed King Constantine with joint representations and port embargoes, amid popular economic strain and efforts to appease Venizelos supporters within the army.
Five days of Russian offensives under General Brussiloff crumble Austro German defenses from the Kovel Sarny line to Bukowina. Ukrainian Lutsk falls after rapid advances cutting off Austrian units and yielding large prisoner numbers. Lutsk’s capture threatens Lemberg as Austrians mass to the south and west.
The British steamship Dunrobin passed through the Sound en route to England after lying at Lulea since the war began. Chased by 20 German trawlers, she was escorted by the Swedish torpedo boat destroyer Castor under Prince William, signaling fewer German destroyers in the Baltic. The 3671 gross ton vessel was in Swedish waters near the Baltic before making the dash south.
London reports Earl of Selborne says German fleet fled precipitously in the North Sea clash with Admiral Jellicoe. Only three British sailors were wounded. Marlborough torpedoed but reached harbor. Germans praised for early phase but ridiculed for later boasting.
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports Austrian officers saying Russian strikes were totally unexpected. The Russians halted Austrian celebrations, seized a railway station and its staff, then captured a military train with troops and supplies. An entire Austrian division including two generals reportedly surrendered.
A Hungarian Sister of Mercy fired a revolver but was quickly disarmed without difficulty. The incident details remain limited in the readable text. No further names or locations are provided in the fragment.
London dispatch reports the Russian victory as unparalleled in military history. Russians now hold Kolki Lutsk and Olyka triangle, cutting the Austro German junction and exposing their flanks as they advance 25 miles to Lutsk through forests and marshes. Military writers note strategic importance for supply lines and regional control.
Dr. J. Grant Lyman convicted of defrauding investors in oil and mining stocks under John H. Putnam & Co. received a one year and six months sentence to serve at the Atlanta penitentiary.
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