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French lombard SRnrhrurck. In
Rhenish Prussia.

PARIS. Aug. a squadron Of thirty
two large aerurlanes carrying large
ouautities Of explosives and accom-
ranied by A number Of lighter machines
TO act as scouts set out from the French
line at dawn his morning to lombard
the important mining u manuiactur-
ing town Of S~arrbrueck, on the River
Saar in Rhenish Prussia. Sarrebrueck
was the scene Of the hrst engagement
of the Franco prussian war of 1870.
The atmospheric conditions were very
poor, the valleys being covered with
m!sts and the sky somewhat cloudy, but
In spite of this fact twenty-eight or the
bombardiug aeroplanes located Sarre-
! hru.ck and dropped lsO bombs OF large
, calibre on the selected localities. while
they were at work the fotilla OF scout
ing machines was kept busy in driving
of German avlators who rose TO attack
the invaders as soon as their approach
had been signalled.
The Germans displayed considerable
activity at various points along the
Frearh front last night, hut their efforts
eained them nothing. To-day there has
been relative calm over the entire front.
The night communicate was as fol.
lows:
There was relative calm on the en-
tire front. Artillery actions oc-
CURED In hrtois. tween the Somme
and the Disc. and in the valley OF
the AisuC. Rheims was bomharded.
In the Argonue toward Fontaine
aux chaImes the enemy att mpted TO
capture our listening posts. lie was
repulsed everywhere.
In the Nosges there was only can
%uonadiug
This morning u squadron of thirty
two homhardiug aeroplant escorted
10y a number Of scouting machines
dcpartcd 20 lombard the station and
the factories At Serr"brueck, The
atmospheric conditions were not ia
ynrable. the valleys being covered
with mist II the sky being cloudy.
I'm spite Of these difficulties twenty
eight neroplanes threw $50 bombs OF
large calihre on the objective localities,
The couting machines drove back the
"aviatiks' who sought to obstruct the
way OF the bombarding ~aeroplanes,
Numerous columns % smoke and
flames were observed at the points at
tackled,
Yesterdays German statement salt
tina, two of the aeroplanes that attacked
%Sarrbrueck were brought down y.
GERMAN fire. No damage was dom dur
ing the bombardment. lays this state
ment.
The French afternoon statement said
/, There was much going on last night
., In the Artols ulStIi'l' III tnt SettbT
TO the north OF Arras a German at
tack at II point north of the railroad
station of Souchez was repulsed, In
the sector OF Melville Saint Vast to
the east OF the road to Lille the Ger
: mans. after exploding a mine, bonn
: barded our positions violently and en-
= deavored To come out from their
+ trenches. They were at once checked
by the fire Of our infantry and our ar
tillery,
In the Areonne, not far from the
road running from Vinne-le-Chateau
to Binarville, the enemy last night
= delivered an attack upon our advanced
y POSTS and trenches. making use Of
: hand grenades and bombs. They
were driven back to their lines by our
A fire,
In the western section OF the forest
which extends from Haute Chevauchee
to Nauouois there WAS lighting with
bombs, hand grenades and rifles.
which lasted n portion of the night,
T In the NOsges "A fresh attack
= against our positions on the Linge
was delivered at about | o'clock in
the morning, but resulted in complete
failure. a curtain OF Are maintained
by our troops inflicted perccptible
losses on the enemy.