OPPOSING GENERALSHIP COMPARED.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16753, 22 July 1916, Page 7

OPPOSING GENERALSHIP COMPARED.

ADVANTAGE IMMENSELY WITH ALLGES. ROLLING UP THE GERMAN LINE. GENERAL FOGK'S LATEST SUCCESS. Anstralian and A T .Z. Cable Association. LONDON, July 2!. (Received July 21, at 10.10 p.m.) The British and French nubiic are delighted with the news of General Foch's capture of five railes of the Somme front. The British advances havin.> brought their line approximately level with the French, General Foch recommenced his offensive at daybreak, with most gratifying success. Ke has broken the German line and captured five miles of trenches on both banks of the Somme. He is now threatening Combles and Alos, and re= lieving the nressure on the British angle at Lougiieval-Bclville Wood, where the British were making a grand fight, though outnumbered by four to one.

The positions which tlie AngloFrench have seized on the Somme are at least as difficult and twice as extensive as the Germans seized at Verdun. The Anglo-French accomplished in 16 days what the Germans achieved in five months, with fivefold the e\= penditure in lives. The Germans fully realise the dangers of the Anglo-French advance upon tlfe confines of the Plains of Gambles, but are endeavouring to confine the lighting to the Somme sectors, as an even greater danger is the likelihood of furihsr breaches in the German line, which is being rolled un in sections. The Allies' s'reat advantage lies in the fact that the Germans are lied up to their prsitions and forced to rely upon heavy guns, which arc excellent for offence but difficult to utilise for defence, where mobility is all important. The newspapers sJivc prominence to the excellent resulis from Australian raids, which ere on a more extensive front thai) any General Haig lias yet reported. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. ALL ATTACKS REPULSED. Australian and N Z Cable Association. AMSTERDAM, July 21. (Received July 21, at 10 5 p m.) A German communique states : The British attacked in considerable force positions vest and north of Fromellcs, but counlei -attacks threw them back from the points where they had penetrated. The British arrnin penetrated Longueval and Belviile Farm, but counter attac l s compelled them to retire, though they still hold poitions of the villains and farm. An'ilo-French attack? along the v hole front from Fonreaux Wood to tlie Somme began this morning. The first attack v. is broken. The French, in tlie afternoon, made two unfruitful attacks m the region of Be]ley. They were thrice lepulsed in the morning on the Ettrees-Dehiconrt sector. THE FRENCH FRONT. MORE GATTCS RETORTED. IN THREE DISTINCT SECTORS. Australian and N Z. Cable Association. TARTS, July £0.

A communique state : North of the Sommc we liavo captured the enemy trenchcs from llardecouit Knoll to the river. Wo carried the line east of Hardecourt for .in appreciable distance along a narrow-gauge railway from Comblcs to Clen. Our infantry south of the Somme captured the whole of the enemy's first line. 311 the Champagne wo penetrated a Gorman trench noith east of Auberives, and brought back some piisoners. In th" Verdun aiea the Germars continually bombarded Avocourt and Chattancourt. A grenade struggle is progressing on the north eastern slopes of Hill 304. East of the Mouse we made some progress to the right and of the Th : aimiont work, and assaulted and captnred a fortified work strongly held by the enemy south of Flcury. The Flisrh Commissioner adds : S r uth of the Somme a «mall French operation south of Estrees captured some trenches, and 60 Germans were made prisoneis.

MORE RUSSIANS ARRIVE. IX AN INSTRUCTION CAMP. Router's Telegiams. PARIS, July 20 \ fresh contingent cf Riissim has landed at ?re=t, and the men w'll "0 into an instruction camp and thence to the front.