The pause in the great battle on the Western Front
still continues. The enemy has made several local attacks—north of Kemmel on Thursday week, near Albert the same day, near Moreuil last Satur- day, and near Morlancourt in the Somme Valley on Tuesday—but failed to hold a yard of the ground that he occupied at the first rush. The French on Thursday week by a smart operation took the park at Grivesnes, north-west of Montdidier, capturing two hundred and fifty-six prisoners and no fewer than sixty machine-guns. They have also improved their line in Flanders north of Kemmel. On the Italian Front, south of Lake Garda, on Thursday week our Allies captured by surprise the Austrian positions on Monte Como, a peak five thousand feet high which was seemingly impregnable owing to its steepness. Three Austrian attempts to recover it have failed, though the enemy announced its recapture in advance.
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