GERMANS RETREAT IN THE EAST FOLLOWING TRIPLE DEFEAT BY RUSSIANS AS ALLIES ADVANCE IN THE WEST INTENSE ARTILLERY FIRE OPENS SECOND PHASE OF GREAT ALLIED OFFENSIVE By Associated Press London, July 7. The second phase of the great battle on the western front has now begun. The artillery has been brought up to new positions and is again battering the German de fenses. The bombardment extends as far northward as La Bassee and Ar mentieres and according to the latest unofficial advices, is particularly in tense. British long range guns are shelling the German positions and the roads in their rear and until the in fantry again leaves the trenches it will be uncertain where the next attacks are to be launched. In addition to inflicting losses on the Germans in men, guns and territory, the Anglo-French offensive has re ported to have compelled them to withdraw some of their forces from the Verdun front. Consequently it Is expected in London that the army which for nearly five ijionths withstood j the German attacks in that region will have some relief from continual fight-1 ing. - Russ Crushing Austrians On the eastern front the Russians, | now apparently have even a better i supply of guns and ammunition than their adversaries, soon to pass from one phase to the next without Inter mission. General Letchltzky's army, which conquered Bukowlna and cut the railway between Delatyn and r \ This German Position Had 1 v Piano, Brass Bedstead and Hot and Cold Water By Associated Press Paris, July 7.—The work of sort ing the booty taken by the French troops in the fighting at the Somme brings to light many curious facts. In the Mereifucourl woods a heavy German battery was found com pletely dismounted. The battery commander's shelter alone re mained intact. The lu-xurv of the arrangements in the German positions on the Santerre plateau showed that they were considered impregnable. In the positions occupied by the bat tery mentioned were a piano, a j brass bedstead and a complete hot and cold water supply. ——— Fourteen British Ships v and at Least 18 Kaiser's Sunk, Jellicoe Reports London, July 7. "Be pleased to | Inform the Lords Commissioners of j the Admiralty that the German High j Sea Fleet was brought to action on the 31st of May, 1916, to the westward of Jutland Bank, off the coast of Den mark." In these words Vicp-Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, commander-in-chief of the home fleets, opens his report to the Admiralty on the battle over which there has been so much discussion. Admiral Jellicoe estimates the Ger man losses at two battleships of the dreadnaught type, one of the Deutsch land type, which was seen to sink, the battle cruiser Lutzow, admitted by the Germans, one battle cruiser of the dreadnaught type, one battle cruiser, seen to be so severely damaged that its return was extreirtely doubtful, five light cruisers, seen to sink, one of them possibly a battleship, six destroy ers, seen to sink, three destroyers so damaged that It was doubtful if they would be able to reach port, and a submarine sunk. In concluding Ad miral Jellicoe says: "The conditions of low visibility, un der which the day action took place, and the approach of darkness en hanced the ditficulty of giving an ac curate report of the damage inflicted or the name of the ships sunk by our forces. But, after a most careful ex amination of the evidence of all the officers who testified to seeing enemy vessels actually sink, and personal in terviews with a large number of these officers, I am of the opinion that the listshown in the enclosure give the minimum numbers, though it is possi ble it is not accurate as regards the particular class of vessel, especially those which were sunk during the night attack. In addition to the ves sels sunk, it is unquestionable that many other ships were very seriously damaged by gunfire and torpedo at tack. British Loss "I deeply regret to report the loss ot His Majesty's ships Queen Mary, Indefatigable, Invincible, Defence, Black Prince, Warrior, Tipperary, Ar dent, Fortune. Shark, Sparrow Hawk, Nestor, Nomad and Turbulent. Still more do I regret the resultant heavy | loss of life. French Will Punish Turk Activities in Syria; Want U. S. to Send Supplies Parts, July 7. Georges Leygues, formerly minister of the colonies, pre siding at a meeting of the foreign affairs committee of the chamber of deputies last night, announced that as a result of representations made by the committee regarding the situation in Syria, Premier Brtand had requested the American government to make known to the Turkish government that the French government was resolved not to allow the crimes alleged to have been committed in Syria to go un punished. The American government, he said, was also asked to again concern itself with the revictualing of the Syrian population. German Infantry Mowed Down as They Plod Forward in Counter Offensives By Associated Press * Paris, July 7, 12.10 A. M. —The soli darity of the French conquest In Plcardy at last has been put to the test and military men here say it has come out of the ordeal with flying colors, thus again demonstrating the sound ness of the Brusslloff method. The Germans, who managed to gather considerable forces, partly, ap parently, from the British front where the pressure was lessened during the day and partly from depots, delivered a series of violent attacks on two points. The first of these was between Hem and Marlcourt. on the Clery road. The second was on the extreme right between Estrees and Belloy, their ob ject being to drive a wedge between the French center and right where the French line crosses the Somme river from Hem to Feullleres and between the extreme right and the rest of the French front. The success of the maneuvers would have forced the eventual retirement of the whole French line The German reaction, however, came too late. The French had time thoroughly to strengthen their line, to advance and FRIDAY EVENING, Korosmezo, is advancing in an effort completely to overcome the Austrian forces on that front. General Kale dines is continuing to deliver heavy strokes against the Austrians and Ger mans who are endeavoring to keep him from Kovel. With these opera tions in full swing the Russians to the north have inaugurated an offensive from Riga to Baranovichi. Along the northern end of the line from Riga to Dvinsk a great bombardment has be gun, while from a point east of Vilna to Baranovichi artillery preparation was followed by infantry attacks in which the Russians report they made counter attacks. Near Smorgon the Russians and Germans also are en gaged In a severe struggle. Rumania, it is said fiere, is awaiting some move by the entente forces at Salonlki. The near east is interested in the battles throughout the Caucasus and Mesopotamia. The Russian army which was advancing toward Bagdad has fallen back some 80 miles under pressure from great Turkish foes which were brought against it, but elsewhere from the Black Sea to the Persian frontier the Russians, accord ing to their own statements, are more than holding their own. No news has been received recently from the Brit ish army in Mesopotamia, but it is be lieved inactivity has been enforced by the great heat. place in position heavy artillery and to bring up plentiful stocks of mu nitions. Consequently the attacking j wave was caught in a whirlwind of machine gun fire from the trenches and was shot to pieces by the "755," while the German supports following the reserves far in the rear were shat tered by salvos from medium and | heavy batteries. The German infantry plodded for | ward again and again, but nowhere, French reports say, made any impres sion upon the French lines. Rarely, even, did they get the grips with the occupants of the trenches, which ac counts for the small number of pris oners taken. The Germans, say the reports, had striven the whole day without effecting the slightest modi fication of the situation. The French remain two and a half 1 miles from Peronne, on the south side of the Somme, and four miles from that city on the north side of the river, and there are no formidable nat ural obstacles ir. the way of their occu pation of the city when the French commander judges that the time is ripe to do so. Latest Fighting Shows Allies Able to Win at Will; Then Hold Captured Points By Associated Press Paris, July 7, 5.44 A. M.—Yester day's defensive fight ing has given almost as much satisfaction to the French as the previous day's captures, for, they say, it has clearly shown that the entente allies not only are able to win positions Irom the Germans wher ever they like, but also are able to hold j those positions when won. The first German counter attack was 1 launched in the night in the Hem sec tion, north of the canalized Somme river. The Germans succeeded in car rying two small woods situated south of the Clery-Moricourt road, a few hundred yards from the sugar works bordering that road. The French troops there, being more or less in the air, fell back on the vil lage, and. swinging their left wing slightly, captured another small wood i at the northeastern end of the village close to the Hem brick field and along I the edge of the road from Clery to : Hem and Curlu. This was the only change in the situation throughout the I twenty-four hours during which the I counter offensive lasted. Brins: Up Reserves At the beginning of the battle there were behind the front assigned to the French attack twenty-seven German battalions drawn from the One Hun dred and Twenty-first division and from regiments of the Seventeenth army corps. Between July 1 and July 5 the Ger man commanders sent up to the 1 Peronne front four reserve divisions, of which two already are declared to be virtually out of commission. The other reserves brought up from differ ent points between Rheims and the Somme were of a most heterogeneous nature. One battalion of the guard which was annihilated had been formed from several different bat talions. The French officers say there can be no doubt that the rapidity of the French advance, if not the advance itself, took the Germans by surprise. This, they assert, is shown by their not having provided an adequate supply of reserves for such a contingency. British Are Winning in Violent Fight Along Whole Front; Take Another Trench By Associated Press London. July 7. Capture by the British of a German trench on a front of 1,000 yards east of La Boisselle in the Somme region was announced offi cially to-day. The British resumed the offensive j on certain sectors east of Albert at! dawn to-day. At the same time the : Germans launched heavy attacks on the British trenches near Ancre. Violent fighting is now in progress. In the vicinity of Ovtiieres and Contalmaison, as well as near La Boisselle, the British made progress. In the region of Thiepval the Germans regained a session of lost ground. The statement follows: "This morning in certain sectors of the battle field east of Albert we re sumed a vigorous offensive at dawn. The Germans at the same time launch ed heavy attacks on our new trenches, in the vicinity of the Ancre, and north of Fricourt. with the result that violent fighting is now in progress along the , whole front between the Ancre and Montauban. "Up to the present several import ant tactical successes have been gain ed by our infantry in the vicinity of Ovilleres, La Boisselle and Contal maison, but northwest of Tliiepvai uie enemy succeeded temporarily in re gaining two or three hundred yards of lost ground." Germans Are Helpless Before Russian Fire London, July 7.—The Russians have begun a tremendous offensive on the Riga front, where their ar tillery is destroying the German trenches, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Vienna. The bombardment, the dispatch adds, lasted twenty-four hours and the Germans were helpless before the Russian artillery, which can now fire fifty shells as against one in 1914. 6TH INFANTRY WILL GO NEXT Cavalry Departure Leaves In fantry Brigade and Hospital Troops at Gretna [From a Staff Correspondent.] Camp Brumbaugh, Mt. Gretna, Pa., I July 7. The Sixth infantry will fol -1 low the First cavalry regiment to the border. The cavalry regiment, be- Itween 1,100 and 1,200 strong and with a new designation of its organizations, left late last night in four trains and the Sixth will start about sundown. The departure of the cavalry left one brigade of infantry and the hospital troops here. The latter will stay to examine the recruits to be sent here from all over the State to fill up regi ments to war strength. About 3,000 men are in camp to-day. Except for the hospital troops they will be gone by Monday morning unless plans for the departure of the Eighth Infantry are changed because of the many va cancies to be filled. General C. T. O'Neill, the camp commander, hopes to have the regiment start Sunday and will leave with it, closing the camp as far as the organizations in the first call are concerned. Word has come from the border that regimental post offices will be established and that the Pennsylvan ians will be grouped. There are also pleas for recruits. However, the ut most efforts will be bent the next two days to filling up the Eigth regiment. Recruiting anywhere in the State has been authorized, but no men are to be sent unless medically examined at their home stations, this precaution being taken to prevent a repetition of the rejections which occurred in the York. Lewistown and Bedford com panies to such an extent as to cut com panies almost In half. Immediate steps are to be taken to organize the quartermaster corps for the recruiting camp arfd it will take over the present depot when the offi cers detailed here when the mobiliza tion began are ordered home: It isnot expected that the high Guard officers who have been here the last two weeks will be ordered to the border. Some of the younger officers will be sent away. A. B. H. GERMANS RETREAT ALL ALONG LINE [Continued From First Page?] two searchlights, 11 bomb throwers and 73 ammunition lights. "We repulsed violent German at tacks near Gruziatyn. On the right bank of the Dniester in the region of Jidattachelf and Hotziers, there was desperate lighting. "There was a lively artillery duel in many sectors of the front, north of the Pinsk marshes. East of Baran ovichi the enemy launched several desperate counter attacks which we repulsed. Several times the enemy opened gusts of fire with his heavy and light guns against the region of tno village of Labuzy, east of Baran ovichi. Under cover of this fire the enemy delivered two violent counter attacks. We drove him back on both occasions, bringing to bear on him the fire of our artillery, machine guns and rifles. London, July 7. A defeat for the Austrians, in which they were driven back nearly five miles on the Delatyn- Kolomea road, is officially admitted in the statement issued to-day by the Austrian War Office in Vienna. The success of General Letchltzky's advance west of Bolomea, where he has cut the railroad into Hungary at Mikuliczyn, is emphasized as a new body blow to the Austrian defense of East Galicia. Northwest of Kolomea his troops are within ten miles of Nadworna, well to the rear of the Austrian right flank facing Tarnopol between the Stripa and Zlota Lipa rivers. The news that the Russians have captured 5,000 prisoners on the Dniester front appears to leave little doubt of the collapse of the Austrian forces between Buczacz and Stanislau, which will greatly atTect the army of General von Bothmer, compelling him to retire northward, while the advance on Delatyn and the seizure of the rail way cuts off Von Bothmer from his chief of supplies. The prospect of Field Marshal von Hindenburg being able to make an effective division is believed here to be dwindling. The Russian General Kaledines is developing a strong at tack on both sides of the Kiev-Kovel Railway. On the extreme right flank of Brus siloff's front the Russians are vicious ly attacking the Germans at Czar tcrysk and Kolki. They have broken through several lines of the enemy's fortifications here, threatening the flank of the German positions before Lutsk. These successes have con siderably lessened the pressure on the Russian center in that district. Another interesting situation is de veloping at Baranovichi where the ad vance of the Russian offensive has bi ought their heavy guns within reach of that important railway junction. Teutons Lose Half trillion Nearly a half million Austrians and Germans have been put out of com mission since General Brusslloff be gan his great advance a month ago to day. The grand total of prisoners to date is in round numbers 235,000, of which 4,500 are officers. Without the actual figures regard ing the dead and wounded, careful estimates by military experts, based on the best information, places the latter at 200.000 to 220,000. The Aus trians predominate overwhelmingly among the prisoners, but among the dead and wounded It is said that a fairly large percentage are Germans. The German losses in stopping the Russian advance on Kovel and in counter attacks made in solid ranks were enormous. The booty captured reaches incal culable figures. It is figured that 250 guns of various sizes and upwards of TOO machine guns is a conservative estimate. In addition, vast quantities of munitions, supplies and transports have fallen into the hands of the Russians. Russians Advance to Fray in Long Rows That Are Seventeen Lines Deep By Associated Press London, July 7. A dispatch from Budapest quotes a Hungarian corre spondent at the Eastern front as say ing: "The Russian strength exceeds any thing seen in this war heretofore, in some cases they stormed our positions in rows 17 lines deep and their artil lery was so absolutely perfect that no troops could dream of standing up to it. "In some places the Russian fire continued even after their infantry reached our trenches and in at least one spot both defenders and attackers v,trc. totally annihilated." HAKRISBTTRG TELEGRAPH NO FLIES BOTHER GRETNA SOLDIERS Authorities Put Into Effect Les sons Learned During Spanish War rFrom a Staff Correspondent] Camp Brumbaugh, Mt. Gretna, Pa., July 7. There have been no flies In the National Guard's mobilization camp and while there may be bases for complaints of various kinds the disease breeders, -which were the cause of havoc in the camps of the war eighteen years ago, have not been on the list. This is due to the careful preparation of the camp site and the thorough policing and sani tary inspection. The authorities learn ed the lessons in the Spanish war. Some of the Guardsmen here, and a good many former Guardsmen not here, can recall what an intolerable nuisance flies were in the camps of years ago and how they carried dis ease in the corps camps at Chick mauga, Alger and other places. As soon as the war signs began the State authorities got ready here. Col. L. V. Rausch, the working head of the property end, came here and laid water lines and cleared sites, while the men from the State Department of Health inspected everything. When the soldiers got into camp they ran up against a new officer, the sanitary j inspector, who not only looked after dietary matters, but surroundings and whose word was law. Everything j that could be protected from flies was I covered or screened ana everything that would breed flies was destroyed. Smoke from flres burning up refuse was to be seen at almost every hour of the day and bits of paper and rubbish were ordered cleared up, while the men were encouraged to keep quarters clean. As a result the flies which everyone dreads, and sol diers about to go on active service hate, were lacking and there was com fort as well as safety. There was an endless variety of mascots with the organizations, but not many of them were put on trains. General Clement, an old soldier him self and with a very sympathetic feel ing toward £he men in the ranks, be came deaf when asked if the men were to be allowed to carry a mis cellaneous collection of dogs, mice and goats. Consequently there was not a regiment which went out which did not have some pet, which will probably die when - it reaches the severe climate on the border. A couple of the dogs were taken as much care of as the horses and wore with resignation covers on which were in scribed the names of the organiza tions which had adopted them. One regiment had a goat which was frisky and used to wander into the officers' quarters and there were rumors of a pei skunk, which turned out to be a groundhog. Somehow or other every organiza tion of soldiers demands the right to chalk un the sides of cars with the name of the unit and name of the State, occasionally giving the name of the home station and always some in scription. Railroads do not allow anyone else to chalk up cars. Some of the things written on the cars were funny. There were declarations of in tention to go to Mexico or to "bust." Pictures of Carranza with benevolent intentions to get him chalked beside announcements that the men were on the way to "ketch Villa." The decoration of the tentage was not permitted and hence the efforts on the cars. The soldiers let out their spirits by escorting rejected men to the stations, songs and cneers being the accompaniment, and with hazing of men who refused to enlist which at times became brutal. However, as the men say, no man had any business in the Guard who did not mean to "go through" and pleas that people were dependent, that business would suffer and that spirit was willing but flesh weak, did not go. It was enlist or get out with rocks flying in the rear. Some of the farewells to the men who were rejected by the doctors in their efforts to get only soldiers flt to stand the rigors of the border were impressive. Bands and colors would be brought down with the escorts and the men "who tried, but were stop ped" were cheered to the echo. This always made the rejected men let go their feelings and the strange spectacle of grown men In uniform crying be- they could not go to war was cpinnion. The escorts would sing patriotic songs, give a dasn of Tip perary, assure their comrades of their sympathy and cheer. The men in the cars would look glum and wipe their eyes while the racket went on outside fot their benefit. One of the most striking farewells was some rejected artillerymen. All hands sang "God be With You 'Till We Meet Again." A. B. H. Friction in Germany Over Purchase of Food The Hague, July 7, via London.— Information reaches The Hague that for several weeks there has been con tinuous friction between the authori ties of various large German cities and the Central Purchasing Bureau. The municipalities claim the right to buy their own food and household articles without asking permission of the Cen tral Bureau. There was an outburst last week in the Hanover City Council, several members of which accused the Cen tral Bureau of boycotting the city, which was unable to procure butter, sausage and hams, notwithstanding the fact that some places in the vicin ity wer;e sufficiently supplied. It was argued that it was physically impos sible for one bureau to control all municipalities. Cologne, Dresden, Chemnitz and , other cities already are purchasing i supplies independently, having repre sentatives in Holland for that pur pose. As potatoes are scarce in Germany, while the supply of rye is sufficient, Adolph Von Batocki, head of the food regulation board, has decided it will not be necessary to mix potato meal In war bread. A census of rubber stocks has re vealed large quantities in the frontier districts, which are supposed to have been smuggled into the country. The Central Bureau has seized all this rub ber, paying for it at the rate of five marks a kilogram. Artillery of Both Sides Active on French Front Paris. July 7.—Quiet prevailed last night on both sides of the Somme river, says to-day's war office state ment. The artillery of both sides was active on the left and right banks of the Mouse, especially on the Thiaumont earthwork and in the Fieury and Chenoit; sections. A small German attack on the French trenches at the Le Pretre woods failed. German aeroplanes yesterday dropped bombs on the open town of Lure, kill ing eleven persons, all of whom ex cept one were women or children. Two German machines were brought down ..near Mezierea, MOBILIZATION BEST IN PENNA. Army and Navy Journal Points Out Splendid Work Done in This State [From a Staff Correspondent.] Camp Brumbaugh, Mt. Gretna, Pa., July 7. Just how the mobilization of the Pennsylvania troops is viewed is shown by an article by an expert In the Army and Navy Journal, which has reached camp and Is being read with interest. This publication says: "To the National Guard of Pennsyl vania belongs the honor of making the best record in mobilizing the largest number of troops in camp in response to the President's call. The Pennsyl vania National Guard is the second largest in the United States, number ing ordinarily about 10,000 officers and men. So perfect were its mobilization arrangements that nearly 11,000 troops were mobilized at the camp ground at Mt. Gretna in one day with out accident or hitch. Instead of the ordinary arrangements to place 10,- 000 soldiers under canvas provision was made to accommodate 20,000 troops at a finely equipped camp ground and the Pennsylvania railroad and the Cornwall and Lebanon rail roads were ready to entrain the whole Pennsylvania Division at 5 a. m. Sat urday, June 24. Lieutenant Colonel L. V. Rausch, the ueputy division quartermaster, had charge of the camp preparations and showed a master hand; not an essential detail In ar ranging for the largest gathering of troops in the history of the Pennsylva nia National Guard was overlooked. The officers of the army detailed to muster the Pennsylvania troops were Captains J. B. Xemper, F. S. Leisen ring, Robert S. Thomas and David H. Biddle and the medical examinations were in charge of Major C. E. Koerper, United States Army. "When it came to the matter of muster into the federal service the Pennsylvania division fell down bad ly. "Contrary to the promise of its early mobilization there was great delay in getting off the Pennsylvania troops (to the border) and the camp at Mt. Gret na has been the scene of considerable confusion. This Is said to have been largely due to the improper preparation of the muster rolls. These were re jected by Captain Kemper, the senior mustering officer, who on June 28, In sisted that the rolls must be made out as prescribed, and that this must be done before any troops could move. The rejection of the muster rolls by Captain Kemper is the first step in the effort to keep pension claims down to a minimum. Physical defects which would militate against their receiving pensions for those de fects were not noted on the rolls. To add to the trouble the rejections for lack of physical fitness and elimin ations for other causes were so numer ous that the brigade ordered to entrain on the rush orders was below the min imum and needed several hundred men." The Journal roasts the New York mobilization saying it was very differ ent from the fine work in Pennsylva nia, and also says that Ohio did not mobilize because the federal govern ment did not send necessary equip ment. Evidently there were some which were not in the Keystone State class and that oth