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Without: the actual figures re- garding the dead and wounded, care- ful estimates by military experts, bas- ed on the best information, place the The War Ofi'ice announced the fur- ther capture of more than 10,000 Teu- ton, of whom 5,000 were taken on the Dniester front. A despatch from Petrograd says:â€" Nearly half a million Austrians and Germans have been put out of com- mission since General Brusiloff began his great arvance a month ago. The grand total of prisoners to date is in round numbers 235,000, of which 4,500 are officers. TEUTONS LOSE 599,093 MEN IN TEE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN Germans Send the First Across the Atlantic. A despatsh from Baltimore says :â€" The world’s first submarine merchant- man, the German umlerwater liner Deutschland, anchored below Balti- more on Sunday night after voyaging safely across the Atlantic, passing and eluding enemy cruisers watching for her off the American coast. She carries mail and acargo of 750 tons of costly chemicals and dyestuffs, and amessage from Emperior William to President Wilson, and is to carry back home a cargo of nickel and crude rub- ber, sorely needed by the German‘ army. The Deutschland carries,‘ mounted in her conning tower, two‘ small guns of about three-inch calibre“ No torpedo tubes are visible. She isJ capable of submerg-ing in less than two minutes. On the shrface of thei water the submarine has aspeed of: from two to three knots an hour“ more than the average merchanti steamer. Fifteen days out from: Bremerhaven to Baltimore, the sub? marine reached safetly between the“ Virginia Capes at 1.45 o’clock on Sun-j day morning. ; German and Austrian Soldiers Captured, 230,000â€"Oflicers, 4,500 â€"-Wounded 200,000 to 220,000. These victories have eliminated a dangerous wedge which the Germans held in the British line. Extremely well fortifiedâ€"for the Germans have assumed all along bhat the mightiest stroke in the allied offensive on the west would come from the Britishâ€"â€" it was a stumbling-block to further advances. North of Fricourt the Kaiser's troops were driven from two woods 3an three lines of trenches. An attempt by the Prussian Guards to stem the advance east of Contal- maison was crushed by the Brit-is}: fire, and 700 prisoners of various re- giments were taken. Contalmaison was stormed, but was retaken by the Germans in a strong counter-attack. South of Thiepval the Leipsic reâ€" doubt was stormedâ€"the British offi- cial statement calls this “an immense- ly strong work,” which the Germans have been fortifying for the last 20 months. Into this redoubt, situated in asalient in the German line, the British charged, and succeeded in wresting‘ a part of it from the enemy. 700 Prussian Guards Captured. The British have captured German trenches on a front of nearly 3,000 yards to a depth of 500 yards. In the direction of Orvillers the British have forced their way into the village after capturing 500 yards of the German front. North of Fricourt the British drove the enemy from two woods and captured three lines of trenches. a front of almosi five miles, from Thiepval to Contelmaison, and broke through three lines of trenches. THE BRlTiSi-l STORM In arush that moved onwz'n-d as re- lentlessly as the charge of the first day of the great offensive, “Kitchen- er's men" won important) successes on at dawn,” General Haig reported earâ€" ly Friday morning. And in the hours that followed, the British armies sprang once more to the attack, de- spite a heavy rain that made the ground sodden and flooded the firenches. When night fell the Brit- ish had advanced all along the line and inflicted terrific losses on the Gerâ€" mans. “We resumed a vigorous ofiensivel A despatch from London says :â€" The second phase of the Battle of the Somme has opened. Where the great guns of the allies again have pounded a path the infantry is sweeping for- ward. SUBMARINE CROSSES OCEAN Advancing Over Maze of German Trenches Gain Nearly One- Third ot‘a Mile. on the§250 guns 1 [of 700 m2 ‘es re- ‘ servative I, care-{quantities ts, has- , telephones AN!) CAPTURE VILLAGES latter at 200,000 be 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 losses in stopping ohe Russian ad- vance on Kovel and in counter-attacks made in solid ranks Were enormous. The booty captured reaches incal- culable figures. It is‘ judged that 250 guns of \farious sizes and upwards of 700 machine guns would be a con- servative estimate. In addition, large quantities of munitions, supplies and telephones have fallen into the hands of the Russians. ' latter at 200,000 130 220,000. trians predominate overw' among the prisoners, but am dead and wounded it is said fairly large percentage are The losses in sfnnm‘na «a... D. A despatch from New York says :â€" According to a news agency deSpabch from London on Thursday the Scot- tish miners have agreed to postpone all their July holidays at the request of Minister of Munitions Lloyd George A despatch from London says :â€" The Board of Trade figures for June show that imports increased £11,027,- 000 and that exports increased £14,- 041,000. Exports were higher than in any month since January of 1914, and £7,000,000 in excess of July of 1914, the last month before the beginning of the war. The principal increase in imports were: Food, £5,000,000;* Wood oils, fats and chemicals, £6,000,-‘ 000. The increase in exports was1 principally in manufactured goods, of} which £3,500,000 was cotton textiles: £1,250,000 woollens, and £2,000,000 iron and steeL i M UNITION WORKERS despatches from Paris on Saturd‘ Five thousand of the Kaiser’s fam- ous Prussian Guards have been killed in the fighting around Contalmaison, east of Albert, according to special Exports Higher in June Than in Any Month Since January, 1914. The Berlin report reaching here to- day brings the battle only to last midâ€" night. Furious French and British at- tacks during the late afternoon and evening of yesterday had met with sanguinary losses, according to this statement. The British are said to have suffered especially large losses before Ovillers and at the Trones Woods. British troops north of the river [are battling in a sea of mud against great masses of Germans, and the front shows no change of any extent. General Haig to-night reports some further progress toward Ovillers, for which the British have been fighting for three days, and announces the re- pulse of powerful counter-attacks. ~ The Germans admit the capture of Hardecourt by the French on Saturday Sweeping across a rain-swept and treacherous terrain, the French troops carried their front forward in :the en- tire sector of attack for an average of more than threeâ€"quarters of a mile. They chumpled up the trench lines of the Germans intersperced between the broken second line of defence and the strongly-organized river positions where the Kaiser’s troops will make their last stand before Peronne. London, July 9.â€"â€"French troops south of the Somme, by a sudden thrust this morning on a front of tWO and-a half miles, drove forward into the German lines between the river and Belloy-en-Santerre for a gain, at its greatest point, of a mile and a quarter. To-night their most ad- vanced front juts out within two miles of Peronne, the great German base and first objective of the Franco-Bri- tish Picardy offensive. ' Until the British were able to force their front forward the French could not resume the attack without danger of a flanking movement. Foch’s troops had penetrated so much furth- er than Haig’s that their left flank was threatened if additional thrusts were attempted» BRITISH TRADE FIGURES. 5,000 Prussian Guards Killed. Allied Troops Reach Somme. British Also Advance. POSTPONE HOLIDAY d reaches incal- iS' 5Udged that izes and upwards would be a con- A despatch from London says :â€" The London Times understands that a rising against the Austrians has brok- en out in Montenegro. Its leaders is D‘ aformer War Minister, upon whose 1 head the Austrians set a high price. The Montenegrins who have risen have taken to the wooded parts of the country. The rising is prompted by A the destitution in which the inhabitâ€" Dax ants have been left by Austria. ed People Are Fleeing to Relief Ships for Refuge. A despatch from Rome says : The eruption of Stromboli has become serious. The fiowof lava is spreading to the sparse coast settlement, burn- ing and destroying houses, and the population is fleeing to the sea and taking refuge on relief ships sent from Messina. Telephonic communication with Messina has been interrupted. There are many signs of seismis dis- turbances throughout Italy. The heat has been intense for the past two days. Earth shocks occurred Wednesday morning at Ancona, Rimini, Belvedere, Marettimo and other Adriatic dis- tricts, but no loss of life has been re- ‘ ported. A despatcli from Paris says : Ger- man and Austroâ€"Hungarion losses of the past month total half a million men, according to figures presented on Wednesday by the Matin. It states that the Russians have taken 232,300 unwounded prisoners, the Italians 4,700, and the Anglo-French forces 14,200. Multiplying the total of pri- soners by two, to estimate the number of killed and wounded, it gets an ag- gregate of slightly more than 500,000, or more than twelve army corps. RISING AGAINST A despatch from Berlin says 2-â€" Numerous scientists, industrialists and representatives of commerce and agri- culture, have formed a German Na- tional Committee under the chiarman- ship of Prince von Wedel, says the Koeinische Zeitung, with the aim of “awakening a uniform understanding of the German people for an honorable conclusion of peace which shall guar- antee a secured future empire." In doing this, says the Koelnische Zeiâ€" tung, “all one~sidedness is to be avoid- ed-VY TEUTONS’ LOSSES INDUSTRIAL GERMANY ANXIOUS FOR PEACE A despatch from London says: Neutral diplomats express the belief that the existing orders-in-council will be superseded by the declaration of an actual blockade, in pursuance of Great Britain's avowed intention of strengthening her legal position. No evidence of an actual change in the administration of the blockade has been procurable since the announce- ment of the abandonment of the De- claration of London. However, the increased economic pressure on Ger- many which recently has become ap- parent is due, according to the best informed neutral diplomats, to the British campaign in Holland and Sweden, resulting in the purchase of products which otherwise probably would have found their way to Ger- many. who has been appointed Minister of War, succeeding the late Earl Kitch- ener. British Money Used in Holland and Sweden to Buy Foodstufi’s. BOUGHT PRODUCTS GERMANY IS SEEKING. RT. HON. D. LLOYD GEORGE, STROMBOLI IN ERUPTION. IN MONTH 500,000 THE A USTRIANS A despatch from London says: A the greatest German citiesâ€"not Ber- neutral diplomatist stationed in Ger- “Iiâ€"at a hOtel Whose 1381119 is familiar many, who recently visited London, to thousands of Americans, a neutral . . was unable to arrange for a dinner informed his colleagues here that ltlwhich he wished to give for a few was imPOSSible to give an exaggarated ; friends, though his requirements were description of the depth and breadthfmost modest. of the German pubiic'a desire forli A Copenhagen despatch says: The Peace- {newspaper Heindal of Schleswig The food scarcity ' was becoming states German bread is not eatable, as serious, he said, and the populationl'it contains putrified potatoes. Ofl’al generally was unmistakably showing in the soap being used is causing many evidence of underfeeding. In one ofxdiseases, particularly among children. LLOYD GEORGE, EARL 0F DERBY - NEW BRHTISH WAR SECRETAREES According to official estimates, more than 50,000 German soldiers have lost their hearing in the battles of this war. To enable these unfortunates to earn their bread after the war a number of schools have been esbab- lished with the aid of the Government. FfiE’S FWD: PROBLEM BlG, SAYS NEUTRAL DIPLGMATHST A despatch from London sayé : The King has decided to confer a peerage upon Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, aceording to the Daily Chronicle. Directors of Munitions and Recruiting Respectively to Conduc T0 CONFER PEERAGE UPON SIR EDWARD GREY The German People Are Showing Unmistakable Evidence of A despatch from London says: A Canadian officer in a London hospital states that when he started in the re- cent attack he had one lieutenant and 144 men. When he finished, the lieutenant was dead, he himself was badly wounded and he had only 27 men left. He said that he was glad to be wounded in the big fight rather than to be sniped. A despatch from London says:-\ i The Earl of Derby, director of re- avid Lloyd George has been appoint- » cruiting, has been appointed Umle! 1 S:cretary for War. [Secretary for War. ONE PLATOON LOST point of the bayonet as the Russian By the capture of the villages of wave surged through the shattered Goulevitchi and Kacheva the Rugâ€"l “nes- sians have further imperilled the So overwhelming was the RussianIGermans' hold on KoveL In the' attack in the region . south-west of ’ event Kovel falls, military experts deâ€"' Lake Narocz, where Petrograd claims ‘ date, the Germans will be forced to the greatest successes in the new retire on the entire front northeast to drive, than an enormous number ofIBaranovlchl in order to straighten prisoners and a vast amount of booty ' out their lines. Preceding their infantry assaults by a bombardment of such intensity dur-‘ ing its) 24 hours’ duration, that the; Germans were blinded and stunned in- to helplessness, the Russians hurled themselves at the enemy‘s lines in such ) overpowering numbers that the firstâ€" line trenches held by the Germans were penetrated with astonishing ease. The few German soldiers who recover- ed from the shock of the assault quickly enough to offer a half-heartedl resistance, were swept aside at they point of the bayonet as the Russian wave surged through the shattered lines. Surpasing even in importance the al- lies’ great effort on the western front, the news from the eastern battlefield shows that the Russians have extend- ed their ofi‘ensive on an extensive scale. On the whole front from Riga to Baranovichi, a distance of about 300 miles, the Russians are being hurled against the German lines. Further to the south General Kale- dines is driving steadily forward to- ward Kovel and has captured two vil- lages and a railroad station on the Sarny-Kovel road. Military critics of the allies assert that unless the Germans can halt the Russian ad- vance in the immediate future they will have to withdraw their lines along the entire eastern front and probably abandon Lemberg. In the tremendous offensive against Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s forces General Evert is leading the Czar’s troops in furious attacks exâ€" tending along a hundred-mile front from the Vilna line in the north to Baranovichi in the south. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE In the Region of Dvinsk Part of the German First Line Trenches Were Captured. A despatch from London says 50,000 Germans Deafened. 117 MEN IN ATTACK AGAHNST GEN. HINDENBURG the Campaign. Underfeeding. A Copenhagen despatch says: The newspaper Heindal of Schleswig states German bread is not eatabIe, as it contains putrified potatoes. Ofial in the soap being used is causing many diseases, particularly among children. Fortunate is the man who has no time to take advise because he is too busy selling it. A despatch from Ottawa says :â€" That erection would start immediate- 1y of the big steel plant which the United States Steel/Corporation plans to erect at Ojibway, near Windsor, Ont., was the statement made by Mr. Wallace Nesbitt, K.C., on Friday. Mr. Nesbit't was in the city arranging cer- tain departmental matters in connec- tion with the going ahead of the work. The company over two years ago secured alarg‘e tract of land at Ojib- way, but little has been done up to the present. It is understood the plant to be erected will cost about $25,000,000. 3 The first was the capture of two: {important villiages in the drive on‘ “ Kovel. The second was the capture of ‘Delatyn, an important railway junc- :tion through which the Austrians had ‘ supplied their armies at Stanislau andl ‘Tarnopol, protecting Lemberg. Sev-‘ eral days ago Russiant roopsm cut the Delatyn Railway, west of Kolomea,’ ‘but not until yesterday did they ocâ€"’, {cupy the junction city. United States Steel Corpora- tions’ Plans for Works at Objiway. $25,000,000 PLANT ' WILL BE ERECTED Heavy fighting continua; between the Stokhod and the Styr Riven»; Petrograd officially announces to-dayI that the Teutons are retiring in great_ disorder on the Lower Stokhod, where: the 0231’s troops took 12,000 un-' wounded prisoners, incluflling‘ 300 of»: ficers, between July 6 and 7. Fortyâ€"| five g'uns ocf heavy and small calibre and forty-five machine guns also were‘ captured. London, July 9.â€"Two heavy blows were delivered against the Teutonic battlefront in the east yesterday by the Russians. were taken by the attacking forces. Furious fighting is continuing alon this whole line. The Germans, spee - ily rallying from the first Russian 0n- slaughts, are launching counter-at- tacks in rapid successiOn in an at- tempt to win back the lost positions. Unless the Russians can be checked immediately at the vital points where their first thrusts have succeeded, it is believed that their whole lines in the northern sector will be greatly en-‘ dangered. Russians Strike Two Blows