The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-03

PARIS, Aug Increased activity has
from artillery positions during the last
two days all along the western battle
front The most desperate effort In sew
eral days was made to-day by the Ger
mans near Marie-Therese. in the Ar
gonne region. In which they made sue
C. ssful use Of liquid fire.
While the fighting has Quilted down
along the Aisne a violent artillery duel
has progressed since Sunday along the
reights of the Meuse and especially
about Champion.
Lively encounters with hand grenades
and bombs marked the struggle on Sum
dav in the Ar,ois district and in the
vicinity of Souchez. The small net re-
suit favors the French.
German. Use Liquid Fire.
The official French communicate
this evening details the following ac-
,ivit,e. along the western front:
Aggression by the German artillery
! in Artois and in the valley OF tne
Aisne has moderated. several sheis
have dropped in Arras ana soissohs'
In the Argonne there were sp'rt,eu
eneasements of infantry late sunday
n,ght In the region OF hill 2lS the
, Germans have taken one OF our
trenches. which by a counter ATTACK
nv our troops was partially retakeh'
During the day, after having ma"
recourse to the use of liquid fire' the
enemy made desperate charge INTO
our trenches in the region OF Marie
Therese and succeeded IN getting
,oo,hold In one OF them. We imme-
diately launched counter attack ana
retook a large part OF the cap'uTeu
ground, ,
The cannonad!ng on the he'gn's Oh
,h. Neuse and in the Woevre district
continues with unabated regularity
! asnecial ferocity in the hrins peihs
noted near Champion. In the Nosges
series OF combats occurred through
ou, SUNDAY until night fell before the
nositions which we had taken on the
heights OF lie Linge, Schratzmaenneie
and Barrenkopf. 49,
Altogether the French FORCES nave
. taken several German trehches' III.
dieting heavy losses on the enemy ana
. capturing nifty prisoners belonging 10
two different regiments
: The fighting on Sunday was marked
, nv desperate activity featuring nearl!
all the most effective means OF trenc'
warfare Trenches were taken and wo'
back with no decided gain to either SID
, except for a section Of trench betwee
Ablain and Angres. in the Artois district
p which was won by the French. Pont-a
, Mousson and neighboring villages wer
Z attacked from aeroplanes with incen
e diary shells
French Make small gains.
Following is the official report issue
by the War ONCE this AFTERNOON
Tho evening of August and the
night of August IL were marked by
various infantry encounters
In the Artois district, after having
A repulsed several German attacks WIN
a hand grenades, we took possession oi
a section OF a trench along the roau
a between Ablain and Ansres' 10 the
q north of the national highway running
between Bethune and Arras'
!, In the vicinity OF Souchez the frinR
boa been going on with hand grenades
and bombs, but 1t has brought NJ
Q change on the front line either to on'
:, side or the other
u In the Champagne district, alonl
% the front between Perthes and Beau
10 seiour, there was yesterday fghtint
with mines, In which we had the ad
:" vantage.
i In tho Argonne, not far from Marie
l. Therese and in tho vicinity OF 81
Hubert, the Germans after a spirite,
fght In which bombs were used mad